[Smogger]

Oh, just wanted to report that here in my very Republican parish voter turnout is extremely high, despite the very bad weather.

I asked about turnout when I was there at about 10 a.m. and the poll workers told me that it was much higher than the 2000 election. My parents vote at another polling place and they were told that turnout so far has been MORE THAN TRIPLE that of the 2000 election. Most of these people are voting Republican!!! Mary Landrieu had better start cleaning out her desk.

I hope everyone's ancedotal evidence about higher then usual voter is true. I feel like the Republican base is VERY mobilized. I as stated earlier they poll workers at my polling place said that they were SUPRISED by the turnout. I was the 27th voter and the polls had onl been open 5 minutes.

[twyn1]

Re: Higher than normal turnout --I helped out (during lunch-time breaks) at the polls in our very small district in PA (about 900 registered voters -- mixed maybe 60%-40% Repubs to Dems) -- the "regulars" there told me that normal turnout for a non-Presidential election is about 300-350 voters...when I left at 1:00 there had already been 300+ voters thru' -- and there were more arriving, filling up the parking lot which is almost always half-empty