[Rhodes22-list] How's the voting going out there?

[Steven Alm]

My wife went at 7:00 when the polls opened and waited 40 minutes.  I waited
'til mid morning and walked right through.  Minnesota always has the highest
percentage of turnout in the country.

Historical fact:  The candidate that won the highest number of electoral
votes ever was Ronald Reagan in 1984 against Walter Mondale who carried only
one state--MN--his home.

Slim

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:

> I've voted at 7 different precincts today, and every one of them was
> packed. I put up a sign over the restroom that said "Democrats vote
> here", and the lines cleared up. I felt bad and pulled the signs down,
> but no one ever came out, I think they're still wandering around in
> there, thinking and debating"
>
> Seriously, I haven't voted 7 times. This ain't Chicago. However, I HAVE
> heard that all of the precincts are pretty packed. I figured out a LONG
> time ago in our neighborhood, the secret is to go during the day. We're
> all working class, and they're packed in the morning, and after work.
>
>
> Lowe, Rob wrote:
> > Just curious about how the voting is out there.  Here in SW Virginia,
> > the turnout is pretty heavy.   We voted this morning at our normal time
> > (around 8:00).  First time ever we've seen a line with more than 5
> > people in it.  Mine is not a large voting district.  About 25 people
> > when we got there and took about 20 minutes to get through the line.
> > The poll workers said there were 60 or so people lined up when the place
> > opened at six this morning.  Saw my first black person voting at our
> > precinct (I live in an overwhelming white, rural, mostly conservative
> > district).  A somewhat elderly gentleman being helped by his son.  I was
> > voter number 255 and I think the total number in the last presidential
> > election was around 600.  510 for Bush and 90 for Kerry.  Shows how my
> > district leans.  Curious to see the results this time.  On the way in,
> > passed another polling station.  Parking lot full with people parking in
> > the field next door and a line half way around the building.  All my
> > coworkers are reporting similar results at their polling station.  One
> > thing is for sure, this election has brought out the voters.
> >
> >
> >
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