Posted on 11/04/2008 12:25:08 PM PST by apillar
Fox news reporter with Obama campaign reporting at 2:45pm eastern that democrat voter turnout in NH is less than predicted so far. Obama campaign so worried about turnout in Virginia and Missouri that they are activating "backup" volunteers to make calls from home.
Too much anecdotal evidence going on today. I’m not going to get too down or up until after the polls start closing and real results flow in.
They must have gotten the word about the immigration status and outstanding warrant checks.
I went home and voted after the lunch hour, figuring the line would be shorter. I was the only voter in the place. And I live in a heavily african-american precinct.
Interesting, HOWEVER do not forget the lawsuits to keep the polls open that the NAACP tried this year and they tried and SUCCEEDED for a few hours in Philly.
as long as the polls are open they can dig up new voters or recycle old voters in different precinccts.
They have ample time to bus people in from out of state.
PICTURES PEOPLE !
I just voted within the past hour here in Massachusetts. Turnout is very heavy and most of the names on my street were already checked off when I checked in. Now my precinct in Chelmsford (just south of NH) leans GOP so there were plenty of McCain/Palin signholders as well as those for other GOP candidates. People were walking up to the McCain people to chat with them but the Obama signholders were standing by themselves.
No Black Panthers here! Just a couple of friendly Chelmsford cops and the local PTA was having a bake sale.
It is almost 4PM here on the East Coast and I was just thinking that four years ago at this time, the media was buzzing over "leaked" exit polls showing that Kerry had a 3-4 point lead in key states and was poised to be our next president. I drove home from work four years ago very depressed and thinking that it was over.
Not so this time, even though the final polls this morning looked a lot worse for us than four years ago. Not a peep in the mainstream media about exit polls this time out and I can only deduce that the news is not as good (from their standpoint) as it was four years ago.
I recommend all Freeper to leave the TV off until at least 9PM. That's when most of the polls east of the Mississippi is closed and the really meaningful data starts pouring in. Until that time, they will be in full hype mode for Obama.
Zogby reported Florida and Ohio breaking towards McCain.
ACORN pays those “reserve” voters to register, but it has to pay them again to vote... and the ACORN gravy train has been derailed. Uh oh, the smokes for votes ploy may not be working this election.
In Indiana if you’re in line @ 6pm you vote, if not too bad.
Sonny got whacked.
Obama campaign so worried about turnout in Virginia and Missouri that they are activating “backup” volunteers to make calls from home.
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Don’t worry, they’ll also mobilize their backup multiple voters, as well.
Zuck Fogby, make sure everyone you know that is a potential McCain supporter has voted. Do not assume they have.
SONNY: Louis’ Restaurant in the Bronx.
TOM: Well is it reliable?
SONNY: That’s my man in McCluskey’s precinct. A police captain’s gotta be on call twenty-four hours a day. He signed out at that number between eight and ten. Anybody know this joint?
TESSIO: Yeah, sure, I do. It’s perfect for us. A small family place, good food. Everyone minds his business. It’s perfect. Pete: they got an old-fashion’ toilet — you know, the box, and - and - and - ah the chain-thing. We might be able to tape the gun behind it.
CLEMENZA: All right. Mike: you go to the restaurant, you eat, you talk for a while, you relax. You make them relax. Then you get up and you go take a leak. No — better still — you ask for permission to go. Then when you come back, you come out blastin’, and don’t take any chances — two shots in the head apiece.
I live in Newt's old district. I was back home 12 minutes after I left the house to vote. I am only 1/2 mi. from the polling place.
One of the poll workers told me I was number 850.
For the most part, voters vote very early in the morning, or on the way home.
Georgia had a lot of early voting at a few designated places, which were heavily visited by blacks.
Many of my white conservative friends sent for an absentee-type ballot.
I know what you mean! People assume because I am a youngish woman, that I automatically vote dem.
In my county for the primaries, we sign this voter card thing and then write on it if we want an R, D, or I ballot. The election judges (ladies that I would guess are in their late 60’s/early 70’s) gave me odd looks for asking for an R ballot.
It's all anecdotal at this point. We had heavy turnout at the precinct where I worked as an election judge. Yet there weren't a large number of minorities. That surprised me because this is an area of Minneapolis where there are plenty of minorities.
I thought we had a huge number of motor-voters i.e. those that had to register at the polls. Yet those at the registration table said there were only about 70 of them by lunch time. That was nothing.
We had a large number of young voters. They could be Ron Paul types...at least one I have seen before as a Paul disciple. If there were many Paul voters they MAY not help McCain but they won't help Obama.
There were a couple of first time and Obama voters who were utterly confused by the ballot.
My wife worked at our precinct. She said there were lots of minorities there. Still, we do have lots of minorities in the neighborhood, so I don't know what there is to make of it.
I fielded five questions today. Two were Obama voters. They showed me their ballots. They were clueless nit wits. The other three could go either way. Two of them were black. All three were obvious first time voters. All three asked extremely sensible and intelligent questions.
Finally, I can tell you I have been asked to work at this precinct because I am a registered Republican. The majority of these other judges are Democrats. They are EXTREMELY nice and dedicated to doing a professional job.
Note, please, it's all anecdotal.
I am a nervous wreck, also. Praying. Also praying to have the grace to keep ignoring my liberal sister who keeps making gloating type comments. They are having four other couples tonight to celebrate the Obama victory. If nothing else, may McCain win in Iowa. The kids are voting this year, first major election ever... gives a little comfort to know they have “turned out good”. HANG IN THERE. Trust in God.
I believe DADE is bluer than BLUE, isn’t it?
Oh, we're turning out. We're just voting for Yosemite Sam.
And no, I'm not a bloody PUMA.
Obama camp worried
Heh heh heh. They oughta be...
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