Long lines but they moved fast.
My precinct is Maroon. LA.Polls opened at 6am. I got there at 6:15 and had to wait 45 minutes to vote. The longest line I’ve ever seen.
Reporting in from N Central Ohio...took my daughter and son in law to vote with me this AM when the polls opened at 6:30. We vote at an American Legion Hall, and when we got there, it looked like Friday Nite $500 Bingo! I have NEVER seen so many cars! Two lines of people, out the doors and into the parking lot. It was very orderly and smooth, but it took 45 minutes to vote. (Hubby voted absentee, as he is in AZ for business conference).
McCain signs outnumber the others around here about 20 to 1, so I think this is very good news!
Rural Mississippi. Voted all Republican as I have since 1974.
Voted. Nassau County, NY. Low turnout (waited 5 minutes) - saw other McCain voters on line.
South side St. Joseph district (60/40 D/R). The last 7-8 times I’ve voted, I’ve been the 50th to 75th person voting (according to the machine you feed your ballot into). Today I was 245th.
I was not encouraged by the crowd there:
3-4 18-21 year olds, looking unwashed, slacker-like.
5-6 African-Americans in a 95% white district.
A lot of the 40-50-year-old multiple-cat-owning, bitter-at-being-single women with a permanent scowl on their faces.
Some union guys with a “Steelworkers for Obama” placard in their car.
There was a young couple (late 20s) who got their ballots and it looked like the wife made the husband sit at a voting table rather than go into the booth.
I was discouraged by the lack of seniors - hopefully they will get in to vote later.
A couple of dirty looks when my 6-year-old says “my dad says Obama wants to take your money.”
They handed me the ballot. I loudly said “I only need one ballot. I’m not a Democrat.” Cat-calls, boos, and hisses. (HAHA just kidding).
Voted for McCain/Palin, Kenny Hulsof for Governor, Sam Graves for Congress.
My precinct is very very red in a red state. There are usually no more than 10-20 people in line at opening of the polls, this morning at 7:15 am there was 300 people in line, no place to park (not a single empty space). I had to leave. A co-worker told me that 15 minutes later, there were at least 100 more people in the line and she was trapped by the traffic for 20 minutes. We both plan on voting later in the day.
Voted in Shady Grove precinct in Henrico Co., VA. Arrived 5:30 am and there were 40 people ahead of me. By 6:00, when the polls opened, the crowd had grown to over 200. Very orderly. Looked VERY MCCAIN-Palin. A few Obama signs and bumper stickers in the parking lot. Many more McCain signs. This is Eric Cantor’s (Rep. 7th district) neighborhood.
I’ve done calling and door-knocking since Friday in Henrico Co., suburb of Richmond. In the western part it looks about 70-30 McCain. I would say plus or minus 5 points.
Word has it on the news here that if Virginia goes blue by the Gallup margins, McCain is likely toast.
I think the coal issue will really help McCain take VA.
my husband just came back from voting here in AR only took him 40 minutes. I think everyone around here already voted early. My friend who is an obamanut finally told me today that she was voting for McCain. She told me her priest convinced her that voting for Obama would be voting for death. Thank goodness for the priest! But I do not need a priest to tell me that Obama is a nut job!!!!
One woman behind me started ranting to her female lover (I assume), loudly going on and on about how terrible these last seven years have been, etc. etc. etc. I turned around, looked at her and shook my head. She evidently realized that I was not an Obama pod person and continued her rants sotto voce.
Maine Twp. Precinct 4 - NW Suburban Cook, IL
55-45 Bush 2000, 49.5-49 Bush 2004, increasingly blue since then.
Spouse and I arrived at the polls seven minutes before they opened ... we were voters number 24 and 25. Normally we would have been right at the front at that time. There was quite a long line (didn’t try to count) across the school gym floor and down the hall to the building entrance when we left.
There were a surprising number of young people ... not so good for our side, IMO.
Very heavy turn out - strong McCain support represented based on those people around us in line.
The process was relatively efficient... only problem was that there was only one voting machine to accept/read paper ballots so the process was slower than if there had been a few more machines. Basically no hassles...
My precinct is so blue, it’s black! (south St. Louis city)
We have a challenger to Senator Kerry. His name is Jeff Beatty. I hope he wins, because he is a veteran and has a great resume.
Our polling place is across the street. We all dressed in red (kids, too) and paraded over there this morning. It’s a tiny town so we had no trouble at all. I think the kids were a bit disappointed. LOL! They were ready for action, I think!
‘gridlock’ describes the entrance to the parking lot.
I couldn’t even get in to the lot @10:30. Gonna try again this afternoon.
Blue state, blue district, small urban area (~35K).
Just got back (voted about 10:15 am EST), NJ-Blue State, Wore my red shirt, other red shirts present. 5 minute wait but overheard poll worker saying it has been steady all day.
I voted for McCain/Palin at about 10:00 A.M. EST!!!!!!!
The precinct is blue, in The People’s Republic of Massachusetts.
There was only one person outside holding a sign: McCain/Palin!!! :-)
I didn’t have to wait in line. I think the counter on the ballot machine was a little over 500 when I cast my vote.
The school where I work is a polling place. There was a long line of people waiting to vote from 6:00 to 8:30. Since 8:30 there is hardly anybody in line.
Compared to the 2004 election, I believe there are fewer voters this year. This is a moderately blue precinct.