Reds Staters: What are you seeing at the polls?

Lines? Anything that points off to a possible surprise or two for the nattering class? Could there be some shocks in the works?

I got there at 6:15, and was the 53rd voter. There were only 6 voting booths, and the poll workers could only accept one voter at a time to hand out ballots.

It was a breeze to get in and out. The media was there because I live in the reddest of the red precincts in Indy, and therefor the media thinks that my polling area is representative of the Indianapolis area.

I was #45 in Marion County, 81st precinct. Not many people around at all....no media here. People were predominantly Bush supporters though...I noted in another thread that there were a couple vehicles outside the doors that had a ton of anti-Kerry stickers.

Pretty laid-back though for me.

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...and there were a lot of democratic yard signs right in front of my polling place (at least two per democrat) and only one or two Andy for Indy yard sign. However, I live in a part of Indianapolis where there are a lot of African-Americans.

There were no problems at my polling place.

Though I've heard of longer lines from other locations. I wouldn't hold my breath for this red state, but Kerry should hopefully do better than Gore did in 2000.

I'll have to zip up my jacket (FINALLY cool enough to wear a jacket in the morning!), so my K/E shirt doesn't show and then I can scout out the lines and see what's what.

I'll report back, soon.

Many more expected starting in late afternoon when businesses begin to let out for the day.

No more than four voters in the place at any time, this at about 6:20.

I was upset to see over 100 people in line when my husband and I got there at 6AM. The polls didn't open until 7, when we left at 8, there had to be over 600 people in line.
I find that very troubling. I know Republicans are loyal to Bush (for some unfathomable reason) but I do not want to think they are going to turn out in record #s.

Let's hope!

I was surprised at the big turnout but don't know what to make of it. Folks in line with me say the lines have been long all week (early voting) so that means the turnout is huge! This is a retirement community but there were alot of younger folks voting. Course, I went early and I guess those who are younger and still working came before work...retirees will come later. I would love this to mean a good Democratic turnout!!!

I waited 30 minutes. By the end of early voting, people were waiting up to 2 hours.
Maybe 30% voted early already. this has not happened before.

Took 40 minutes to vote and there were another 300 people behind me. Many young people and many pro kerry and anti Bush bumper stickers.

when it is allowed to work ! Good for us, good for you !
I am thinking this is payback for the 2000 election.

doubled by 7:30a

Atlanta should have its own Electoral Votes, seperate from GA, Atlanta would be blue EVERY time.

I don't know how many, but I was No. 170 and it looked like at least another 200 behind me and they were still coming when I left. Plus there was another long line at the middle school right next door. But I'm sure they were pretty much predominately Republican. Cherokee County is Bush country. I am probably the only one in this county with a Kerry/Edwards bumpersticker. I see nothing but Bush/Cheney yard signs and bumperstickers.

i live in Midtown, I can't stand to go outside I-285 because of all the republican ignorance out there.

The line was LONG at Northcross one of two late polling places on Friday.. wohoo.. waited for an hour! Checked the result screen so make sure I voted for the right people.

I did. I hope it has a chance.

My wife had to wait 20min. for early voting. Unheard of.

lotsa brain-dead Bushists around here in Johnson County Kansas.

I arrived twenty minutes prior to opening, and there were at least 200 people ahead of me.

No surprises. The poll workers here are efficient and polite. It's predominantly Republican, but I've never seen any instances of intimidation or inappropriate electioneering at the polling place, in my 3+ years here.

There was a line but it wasn't bad. I am happy to say my voting experience this morning was very pleasant with the most wonderful poll workers who were very friendly. Now I have my "I Voted" avatar.

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I voted early and the lines for early voting in Texas were longer then any year I have voted. I have seen on the local news that lines this morning (Tuesday) are at historic highs and people are waiting in the weather to vote.

A co-worker who could not vote early because she changed precincts was 2 hours late this morning and said she almost gave up on voting ( which would of been good since she is voting for *).

One of the reasons I think interest is so high here (Texas) is a lot of the local talk nuts really want * to win the popular vote so they are really pushing the Repub zombies to the polls.

Voted at 8:20am this morning (damned alarm clock didn't go off earlier). There were no lines at all and the courthouse looked like a regular business day, walked straight into the booth after signing in with voter card and DL. Relatively small population in Concordia Parish so I didn't really expect to see crowds of people.

Concordia Parish is using the old lever booths we've been using for probably 30 years; I'm 27 and have I've never voted with a paper-trailed ballot here.

Didn't see ANY signs or stickers on any of the vehicles outside, and there no signs at all along the highway median like there usually are before turning into the voting location.

The town seems "quiet." It's raining and gloomy outside today.

Driving around this morning doing GOTV, the polling places I saw were packed. That's a good sign. If NC gets to 66% turnout, it goes for Kerry.

A firestation on a 4-lane highway in NC. Hundreds of cars were parked down each side of it and on the grass median. I've never seen that big of a turnout.

About 4 times as high

Pollworkers said there were people lining up at 5:45. Heavily Democratic precinct, lots of young voters, lots of older voters too. Heaviest I've seen in 5.5 years of voting there.

I've never voted this early before, but it appeared to be steady. The voter roll we sign said I was #60 in my precinct, that was at 8:30.

Damn that felt good!!!!

Nobody has see lines that long before.

Waited in line 1.5 hours - never seen it like that...


Yee Haw !!!! :bounce:

I am wearing blue.... in support of our true blue guys..

I have never seen it like this. I waited for 45 minutes to cast my ballot in a precinct where I have always been able to walk up to the table and get a ballot without a wait.

Amazing.

While this is a very red state, I predict that the large voter turnout will help Kerry more than Bush.

Had a bout a 20min or so wait line was out the door. First time voting in this precinct so can't judge if that is normal or not. I'm 27 years old saw two people younger then me out of a crowd of about 30, couple of folks older the majority were probably about my age to 40.

Very small polling location - at least eighty people in line - poll worker had said she had NEVER seen voter turnout like that before at that location and she'd been doing it for a long time.

When I voted in the primaries I was the only one there when I voted. Waited 30min this morning. I voted at 6:00 am. Just drove past polling place again and there's still a line!

Talking to other people who said they'd waited in lines around st. louis for an hour and more!

at the polling places I passed on my way to work. It won't be enough to swing this state blue, though. That would take a much larger miracle :cry:

But hopefully it will be enough to keep tom coburn out of the senate. Go Carson!

But I got there real early, and the only other people that were there were Bush-loving fundies who had to vote early in the day so they wouldn't be late for their Klan rallies.