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Nov. 2nd, 2004 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ebonlockI feel a bit like a cheerleader today but I expect I'll be pestering everyone who walks into the office with the question, "You've voted, right?" I'd love to see my comments section fill up with folks chiming in after they vote, if you've got details about how many people were in line or how long a wait, please add 'em! Now if only I had some pom-poms.
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elo_sf here's the icon I was talking about:
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I don't know how I'm going to focus at work today but I'm going to try, and I'm going to hold tight to my faith. After months of signing petitions, walking in marches, making donations, rabidly combing the internet for news and posting too damn much (yeah, I know, all of you on my political sublist are probably rolling your eyes and laughing, thanks for hanging in there through it) there's little else to be done but wait and see. In the meantime I'm glad I've got class and work to keep me occupied today.
Oh, I also have a new phone, an LG 4015 which is just too HAWT for words, but oh do I ever need better ringtones and a more personalized wallpaper. The tropical ones are ok but I'd much rather have a Hobbit or Remus on there gazing up at me every day. It's working basically today so I'll sit down and play with the personalization later.
And I got the giant project of DOOM done last night. Now I just need to wrap the sucker and that's that. I may do a quick kid's afghan for a coworker before I launch into a boucle afghan for myself, but I'm setting aside the sewing kit for a while and I cannot tell you how happy that makes me.
BTW, as promised,
elo_sf here's the icon I was talking about::)
I don't know how I'm going to focus at work today but I'm going to try, and I'm going to hold tight to my faith. After months of signing petitions, walking in marches, making donations, rabidly combing the internet for news and posting too damn much (yeah, I know, all of you on my political sublist are probably rolling your eyes and laughing, thanks for hanging in there through it) there's little else to be done but wait and see. In the meantime I'm glad I've got class and work to keep me occupied today.
Oh, I also have a new phone, an LG 4015 which is just too HAWT for words, but oh do I ever need better ringtones and a more personalized wallpaper. The tropical ones are ok but I'd much rather have a Hobbit or Remus on there gazing up at me every day. It's working basically today so I'll sit down and play with the personalization later.
And I got the giant project of DOOM done last night. Now I just need to wrap the sucker and that's that. I may do a quick kid's afghan for a coworker before I launch into a boucle afghan for myself, but I'm setting aside the sewing kit for a while and I cannot tell you how happy that makes me.
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Date: 2004-11-02 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 04:48 pm (UTC)**shakes pom-poms at you** Yay! Was there a long wait?
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Date: 2004-11-02 06:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 04:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 04:53 pm (UTC)Double-yay as you're in a swing state! Were the ballots easier to use this time? I swear Florida is going to give me night-sweats until it's declared one way or the other.
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Date: 2004-11-02 04:57 pm (UTC)I'm still worried, mind, but so far early poll results show Kerry in the lead. Here's hoping it stays that way.
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:39 pm (UTC)Amen, sister, amen.
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 05:40 pm (UTC)Good for you both, so are you writing from work and is the computer at home still laid up?
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 05:43 pm (UTC)Sweet! No problem with the machines in your area then? That's what I like to hear. And I know what you mean, I felt intensely patriotic as I filled in my absentee ballot, like I'd helped make a change for the better. And in all the years I've been voting this is the one I've felt the most strongly about, and the most like I have a real power to make a difference, you know?
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Date: 2004-11-02 05:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 05:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 06:14 pm (UTC)Weird, though I bet in this area a lot of people went absentee if for no other reason than that they didn't trust the damn machines. I know it was a deciding factor for me.
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Date: 2004-11-02 07:19 pm (UTC)There were maybe about 40-50 people in line at 7:50am at my voting station. I was in and out in about 40 minutes.
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Date: 2004-11-02 07:40 pm (UTC)There were maybe about 40-50 people in line at 7:50am at my voting station. I was in and out in about 40 minutes.
Hey that's a pretty good turnout, here's hoping the numbers stay up, up, up! BTW, you have any free time this weekend? I am suddenly without plans and have my big project done. :)
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Date: 2004-11-02 10:39 pm (UTC)Hanging out! Team America movie! Stuff! Things!
(I am finding myself as jittery as if I'd just drunk a venti double-espresso drink. Hmm. Starbuck's. I think I may have to get one after work.)
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Date: 2004-11-02 11:01 pm (UTC)Hanging out! Team America movie! Stuff! Things!
Sweet, I'd be up for a movie or a rental though I have no idea what's even out right now. I'll go check tomorrow, I'm too distracted to be able to focus on anything but the election today :)
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Date: 2004-11-03 12:03 am (UTC)As for movies:
I still have the Behind the Planet of the Apes DVD from Netflix, and I went out and bought the Special Edition Mulan (Disney) over the weekend. Or some other theater or rental would be cool, too, there are too many movies I haven't seen yet!
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Date: 2004-11-03 04:47 pm (UTC)Hmm, actually if we do it Friday night we *might* get Aelf to join us. Let me see what strings I can pull...
Chiming in
Date: 2004-11-02 07:41 pm (UTC)Re: Chiming in
Date: 2004-11-02 07:52 pm (UTC)Good for you, and hey, we'll take every recovering Republican's vote we can get ;)
Re: Chiming in
Date: 2004-11-03 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 08:59 pm (UTC)Apparently, they had 120 people by 9:30, which was *way* more than they expected by that time.
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Date: 2004-11-02 09:02 pm (UTC)Apparently, they had 120 people by 9:30, which was *way* more than they expected by that time.
I'd put firm money on this being the best voter turnout in decades and I couldn't be happier!
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Date: 2004-11-02 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 11:07 pm (UTC)Ohio - African American precincts are performing at 106% what we expected, based on historical numbers. Hispanic precincts are at 144% what we expected. Precincts that went for Gore are turning out 8% higher then those that went Bush in 2000. Democratic base precincts are performing 15% higher than GOP base precincts.
Florida - Dem base precincts are performing 14% better than Bush base precincts. In precincts that went for Gore, they are doing 6% better than those that went for Bush. African American precincts at 109%, Hispanic precincts at 106%.
Pennsylvania - African American precincts at 102% of expectations, Hispanics at 136% of expectations. The Gore precincts are doing 4 percent better than bush precincts.
Michigan- Democratic base precincts are 8% better than GOP base states. Gore precincts are 5% better than Bush.
And the exit polling so far:
K/B
AZ 45-55
CO 48-51
LA 42-57
PA 60-40
OH 52-48
FL 51-48
MICH 51-47
NM 50-48
MINN 58-40
WISC 52-43
IOWA 49-49
NH 57-41
As one of the commentors on the site said, I want to make sweet, sweet love to those numbers....
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Date: 2004-11-02 11:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 11:08 pm (UTC)Fantastic! I don't generally put too much stock in exit polls but the numbers are looking awfully good right now. And the Freepers are really starting to sweat, which makes me deeply, deeply happy.
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Date: 2004-11-03 11:00 am (UTC)Re: :(
Date: 2004-11-03 04:22 pm (UTC)And sadly now it looks like we'll never know if we could have taken it. All I can say is, I and others like me did everything in our power to make a change and for the next four years we can honestly say, "You broke it, you fix it."
me too!
Date: 2004-11-03 01:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-03 05:04 am (UTC)No Vote
Date: 2004-11-03 09:55 am (UTC)