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Election Day
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| Chad Ochoseis Nov 03 2009 09:25 AM |
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I live in New Jersey, so there's a real contest in my state today. I found it depressing. I voted for the guy (a) whom I would be OK with as governor and (b) who has a real chance of winning. The guy whom I would have preferred to vote for has no chance at all, so I felt that I needed to support my second choice in a close race.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 03 2009 09:34 AM Re: Election Day |
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I told Bloomy to take a walk.
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| Edgy DC Nov 03 2009 09:46 AM Re: Election Day |
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Never hold your nose when you vote. If you support an outlier, vote for an outlier.
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| Frayed Knot Nov 03 2009 10:25 AM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="Edgy DC":1msozt0i]Never hold your nose when you vote. If you support an outlier, vote for an outlier.[/quote:1msozt0i] I agree - at least most of the time. There are times where I'm so opposed to one choice that I'll vote the other 'Big' name just as an attempt to keep the guy out. In all, these off-year elections are going to be cited far too much as a sign of which way the trends are leaning. * Virginia - which has a non-succession law for the Governor so there's never an incumbent - sounds like it's going Republican but that's not really a huge deal. * The upstate NY congressional is more a battle within the Republican party than a sign that the country is starting to lean (or not) one way or the other * If the NJ race goes the the Republican it'll be a bigger story (having gone to Obama by like 20 points) but, even if so, it probably says more about Corzine's shortcomings than anything larger.
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| HahnSolo Nov 03 2009 10:26 AM Re: Election Day |
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There's no Not yet voted choice. Put me in there. One of my niece's friends is running for town council, so I'll turn the lever for him (probably would have done so anyway cuz I like the other guys on his ticket).
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| Edgy DC Nov 03 2009 10:30 AM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":1o6pkwar]* Virginia - which has a non-succession law for the Governor so there's never an incumbent - sounds like it's going Republican but that's not really a huge deal.[/quote:1o6pkwar] Maybe not huge, but Virginia was the sweetest plum in Obama's electoral pudding last year and he'd stumped regularly for Creigh Deeds.
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| Fman99 Nov 03 2009 10:51 AM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":ewbm65ac][quote="Edgy DC":ewbm65ac]Never hold your nose when you vote. If you support an outlier, vote for an outlier.[/quote:ewbm65ac] I agree - at least most of the time. There are times where I'm so opposed to one choice that I'll vote the other 'Big' name just as an attempt to keep the guy out. In all, these off-year elections are going to be cited far too much as a sign of which way the trends are leaning. * Virginia - which has a non-succession law for the Governor so there's never an incumbent - sounds like it's going Republican but that's not really a huge deal. * The upstate NY congressional is more a battle within the Republican party than a sign that the country is starting to lean (or not) one way or the other * If the NJ race goes the the Republican it'll be a bigger story (having gone to Obama by like 20 points) but, even if so, it probably says more about Corzine's shortcomings than anything larger.[/quote:ewbm65ac] I live in the much discussed NY 23d Congressional district. I would be voting anyway, tonight after work/gym and before dinner.
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| dgwphotography Nov 03 2009 10:52 AM Re: Election Day |
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I didn't vote yet - I've been running around at the various fundraisers that the cheerleaders are doing, but I'll be going out in a bit to take care of that.
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| Nymr83 Nov 03 2009 11:24 AM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="Edgy DC":37r2zzdq][quote="Frayed Knot":37r2zzdq]* Virginia - which has a non-succession law for the Governor so there's never an incumbent - sounds like it's going Republican but that's not really a huge deal.[/quote:37r2zzdq] Maybe not huge, but Virginia was the sweetest plum in Obama's electoral pudding last year and he'd stumped regularly for Creigh Deeds.[/quote:37r2zzdq] I read somewhere recently, though I can't find it now, that a VA has a history going back many years of electing the guy for governor who is NOT from the sitting president's party. edit- found it, they've voted for governor against the president's party since 1977
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| MFS62 Nov 03 2009 12:08 PM Re: Election Day |
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I voted. There were some town posts that the ballot said you could "pick three". But there were only two candidates. I felt like writing in my own name, then chickened out. I don't know diddly about zoning. (I'm not sure about the two actual candidates.) Later
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| themetfairy Nov 03 2009 12:34 PM Re: Election Day |
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I combined fitness with my civic duty by jogging to my polling place and voting this morning.
The volunteers at the polling place are always amused when I do that
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| dgwphotography Nov 03 2009 12:59 PM Re: Election Day |
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Just got back from voting - my oldest is excited that she will be old enough to vote next year...
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| Rockin' Doc Nov 03 2009 01:31 PM Re: Election Day |
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Not much of consequence being voted on in North Carolina so I'm not heading to the polls this time.
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| metsguyinmichigan Nov 03 2009 02:54 PM Re: Election Day |
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We have a school finance thing on our district ballot today. I vote in every election I can, even if the candidates are running unopposed. Just think it's the right thing to do. That, and if my wife ever lets me run for something, I want some reporter to be able to pull out my voting record and not make a story out of it. But after my last stint on church council, my wife says I'm not allowed to run for anything. Ever. I do bring the kids to the polls with me and let my daughter fill out the ballot -- with direction. I used to love going to vote with my parents and they let me pull the levers in the machine. The optical scanners we have here just aren't as much fun.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 03 2009 02:59 PM Re: Election Day |
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The 'pail loves voting. We've had 3 in the past few months (primaries, runoffs, this) and he goes with both Wifey & me when we go. He recommends you vote for Rocko Bamma.
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| Fman99 Nov 03 2009 04:27 PM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="Fman99":1rxc77wk][quote="Frayed Knot":1rxc77wk][quote="Edgy DC":1rxc77wk]Never hold your nose when you vote. If you support an outlier, vote for an outlier.[/quote:1rxc77wk] I agree - at least most of the time. There are times where I'm so opposed to one choice that I'll vote the other 'Big' name just as an attempt to keep the guy out. In all, these off-year elections are going to be cited far too much as a sign of which way the trends are leaning. * Virginia - which has a non-succession law for the Governor so there's never an incumbent - sounds like it's going Republican but that's not really a huge deal. * The upstate NY congressional is more a battle within the Republican party than a sign that the country is starting to lean (or not) one way or the other * If the NJ race goes the the Republican it'll be a bigger story (having gone to Obama by like 20 points) but, even if so, it probably says more about Corzine's shortcomings than anything larger.[/quote:1rxc77wk] I live in the much discussed NY 23d Congressional district. I would be voting anyway, tonight after work/gym and before dinner.[/quote:1rxc77wk] Whoopsie. I live in the 25th. I voted the party line.
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| Swan Swan H Nov 03 2009 05:18 PM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2lfos0lz]The 'pail loves voting. We've had 3 in the past few months (primaries, runoffs, this) and he goes with both Wifey & me when we go. He recommends you vote for Rocko Bamma.[/quote:2lfos0lz] I think he was the assemblyman in Ozone Park when I was a kid.
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| cooby Nov 03 2009 06:23 PM Re: Election Day |
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Nope. The only way I even realized it was election day was my daughter's dismay that the state store was closed. I guess it wasn't a big day around here.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 03 2009 08:34 PM Re: Election Day |
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Bloomy could be facing the upset of his life.
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| Chad Ochoseis Nov 03 2009 08:51 PM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="Edgy DC":5gz09yoi]Never hold your nose when you vote. If you support an outlier, vote for an outlier.[/quote:5gz09yoi] It wasn't an easy decision. I was too young to vote for John Anderson for president in 1980, so I never had to make this choice until now. Last week, I'd made up my mind to vote for Chris Daggett. I figured that even if he couldn't win, I'd at least be casting a symbolic vote against the two-party system. But in the end, I went with the Frayed Knot philosophy of voting against the candidate that I really disliked. And the NYT has just called the race for Chris Christie, anyway. Damn. Also voted in a special election for town council member. My vote went to some guy I occasionally see in the local gym. He's replacing a councilman who resigned in April after being indicted. I love Jersey.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 03 2009 09:09 PM Re: Election Day |
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NY1 says Bloomy survives but barely.
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| OlerudOwned Nov 03 2009 11:10 PM Re: Election Day |
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Looking like Maine will vote to repeal their law which had allowed gay marriages. Is it sadder that matters of civil rights are left to ballot referendums, or that people are actually voting against the rights too?
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| Edgy DC Nov 04 2009 05:23 AM Re: Election Day |
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The former. The tyranny of the majority is a reality, and we made a goverment designed to circumvent it on matters of civil rights. But suddenly nobody has the courage to use it.
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| metirish Nov 04 2009 07:10 AM Re: Election Day |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]NY1 says Bloomy survives but barely. |
| MFS62 Nov 04 2009 09:43 AM Re: Election Day |
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The guy who won in Joisey looks like a Yankee fan - smug. If I lived there, I would have voted against him just for that. Later
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