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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:56 AM Nov 2012

Posted something to this effect in another thread; but ...

thought it merits rep-posting here.

Something equally surprising happened to me ...

I live in a very red part in NW Pima County, Arizona (Oro Valley).

I arrived at the pooling station at about 6:25a.m. In the 20+ years in have been voting there, there was never more than 5-10 people waiting to vote ... usually there are more poll workers than voters.

Well, this morning there were 40 people waiting in line; but here's the kicker ... there were 15 other Black folks and one Black poll worker!

Go President Obama; Go Ron Barber; Go Rich Carmona!

I even voted for two Democratic Constables and 1 Democratic Justice of the Peace!

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Posted something to this effect in another thread; but ... (Original Post) 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 OP

Awesome - glad to hear it! codjh9 Nov 2012 #1

This is awesome JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #2

codjh9

(2,781 posts)

1. Awesome - glad to hear it!

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Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:00 PM

Nov 2012

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)

2. This is awesome

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 03:14 PM

Nov 2012

I'm in the nj 7th district . . . in 2006 - my polling place did not look like this . . .

Lot's of wearin' o the blue.
Lots of Chivukula/Obama/Menendez bumper stickers.
Lot's of non whites - Same number of African Americans - but replaced by the caucasians? Asians of many ethnic backgrounds, Asian Indians, Pakistani, and lots of caucasians with Eastern European accents.

The 7th district has changed - and that's why Chivukula has gotten as far as he has.

That can ONLY make it easier for the Latino man (Current Senator Menendez) running for Senate - and the black man running for the White House.

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