Posted on 11/02/2004 9:23:37 AM PST by doug from upland
No, I expect Pres. Bush'll win 56-44 or 57-43. Just meant to say I expect Bayh will win by about the same margin as the President.
I miss being in John's district. They moved me from the bloody 8th to the 9th, which may be bloody this year.
They will both be bloody. The Evansville Courier always does its level best to beat him.
From what I've heard, the Repub areas are very crowded (I waited 1.5 hours in Noblesville). I just talked to a co-worker and they said Marion county polls are not crowded. My wife works downtown for IPS and they are not crowded either.
Kokomo was busier than normal but not hectic. Since poll was at a union hall there were Rat signs everywhere, no GOP signs anywhere! Expected.
"Bayh gets reelected is that he is a Democrat in name only"
The only reason Bayh gets reelected is people in Indiana don't pay attention to how he votes. What he says and how he votes are two different things.
I voted early as in before election day, and there was a 40 minute wait for that. I've never seen a line like that before when I went to vote. This is a heavy Republican area, and they are turning out to vote.
Actually had a dem friend (her family has been active in the party at many levels) call and tell me make sure I did NOT vote for Bayh.....WOnder how many others feel this way.
You are sooooo right about Bayh! It really irritates me that people in Indiana don't pay attention to this.
I saw about the same thing in Elwood. Slightly busier than normal. I think turnout this time is going to be higher all around.
People in Indiana don't pay attention to much but the name. Most people I know are so politically uninformed that they just spout slogans whenever you try to talk to them. However, I think the phenomenon is not just limited to Indiana.
Voted when the polls opened at 6am on the South Side of Ft. Wayne in a slight rain. Judging by the yard signs in the neighborhood we lean slightly Democratic. We are a very diverse neighborhood, Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. South Side is, I believe, the 3rd most diverse High School in the nation.
Turnout didn't appear to be any higher than normal for a presidential election here. There were only about 10 people in line when I left at 6:05 a.m. No advocates were about, no politics were discussed, the poll workers were in good humor.
I hear ya. I think the Rats may have underestimated GOP turnout this year.
Voted this morning at 8:15 and was number 186 at my polling place in south bend. I had absolutely no wait in line and was done in about three minutes. turnout was a little higher than usual, but in my area the lines are usually higher at 7 and noon.
Thank you.
Anyone from the SE river area have any knowledge of how Sodrel is doing against Hill?
A guy I work with went to vote at lunch time and said it was so crowded he could not vote in time to get back to work within the alotted lunch hour.
Quiet citizens around here. They just go about their civic duties without raising a ruckus.
Go Bush, Scott, Daniels, and Chocola! Bye Bye, Bayh! In view of last year's FL debacle and Osama's threats I hope an atonishing number of Republicans turn out for the vote this year.
This is a Republican area, but there have been of Chicago residents moving into the area and they still vote dim. I hope the turnout means a strong Republican showing, but I heard no one discussing who they voted for, so I don't know what this all means.
I'd wager $50 that majority never HEARD of Bayh's opponent Marvin Scott. National Party kept away and Bayh got 75% of his $$$ from out-of-state.
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2004/11/02/updates/top_stories/3ede4de398f2972086256f40006e1b50.txt
Voter turn-out in Lake County appears to be strong
This story ran on nwitimes.com on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 2:59 PM CST
Voting precincts across Lake County were reporting long lines and waits Tuesday morning as residents gathered to cast their ballots, an election board attorney said.
"Just about everywhere, people are waiting to vote," said Lake County Election Board attorney Bruce Lambka. "I can't quantify that yet, but those are the reports were getting from many of our precincts."
Some voters calling in to The Times reported waits of more than an hour.
Phones were ringing off the hooks at the election board office in Crown Point, mostly from precinct workers who were unable to locate the names of registered voters in the voting rolls books, Lambka said. In most cases, the names were found in the back of the books, listed as inactive because the voters did not return special cards to renew their registrations, Lambka said.
Those voters were allowed to cast ballots and will appear as active voters in the next election cycle.
There was a sure sign that voter turnout has been heavy Tuesday,according to Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Michael Greener. "We've had a lot of complaints about people cutting in line."
Greener has been the designated ombudsman for the prosecutor's office for several elections. He said complaints are running high, but none very serious. "Mostly, they are about people electioneering within 50 feet of the polls or polls being inadequately marked," he said.
Poll workers at the Westwind building in Crown Point said they already had a 35 percent turn out in their precinct Tuesday afternoon with three and a half hours of voting still remaining.
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