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Sean Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:47 AM
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Quick questions for you DUers, PLEASE answer if you can!
How is voting turnout? They saying HIGH numbers in most states?

How is the youth vote looking? They turning out at all?

Are people waiting in the long lines in these big states (Ohio, Pennsylvania) despite weather?
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:49 AM
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1. HUGE turnout in IL, despite crappy weather. Possible record!
It looks GOOD for us here, Sean!

:hi:
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KingChicken Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:50 AM
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2. Youth vote is looking good, turnout in most places better than expected.
Look for the youth vote latter on, trust me it when they will be making the runs. I think it will be above what is expected, way above average.
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seraph Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:50 AM
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3. It was great in Rhode Island! (nt)
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fear the donkey Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:52 AM
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4. St. Louis looks good.
but in 2000 we shut the doors and a bunch of voters. Tried to re-open and court ordered to shut doors...
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:34 PM
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21. I remember Kit Bond going crazy about vote fraud .
How does the Governor's race look ?
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msturgis524 Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:52 AM
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5. I got there at 6:30 1/2 hour before pools opened
I was the 60th person in line.
When I left around 7:20 or so there were closer to 300 people in line. So pretty good turnount (8th ward Bloomington, MN) mix was pretty representative of the community there. Mostly older, but definately some younger faces there. Was raining then but has cleared up here now.
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Chili Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:53 AM
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6. I just heard on AAR that Ohio...
...is expecting 73% turnout!

My polling place was packed. The guy standing in line in front of me was there for the second time - he thought he'd vote early, stopped by at 7:00, and people were lined up outside for a good distance, so he decided to come back later. When I was there, there were 200-250 just inside alone, with the line just going out the door... imagine how many people were there early!
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:53 AM
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7. Unusually high here in NYC
There's little else on the ballot today. I'm reading accounts from all over the city.
People are pumped.
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Jokinomx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:55 AM
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8. As polls opened here in Michigan
we had a very long line at seven o'clock this morning. Seemed to be middle aged and older in line. Greenville is a small town of about 9,000 people and I know we will have a record turnout here. I drove by the school a few hours later and the line was still there.

This is great news for Kerry... the larger the turnout the better odds he has of winning.

:kick:
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Polly Glot Donating Member (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:57 AM
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9. My line in a suburb just outside Cincy
was very short. We only waited maybe 20 minutes. But this was in the middle of the day when most folks are out working. Plus this is Bush country out this way, so I say let 'em stay home.

The line was about half older folks and half young mothers with babies.

At my house: 3 votes Kerry, 1 vote Michael (Badnarik or Peroutka? He didn't even know which one he voted for!)
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:58 AM
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10. In heavy-republican North Fulton county (Atlanta)...
...line was stretched around the building at 5:30 AM. Many college-aged kids (many of them wearing "liberal" t-shirts)...
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:03 PM
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15. Same here in heavy Republican Cherokee County.
Lots of young voters, too. There was even some poor guy on crutches at the end of a very long line.
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 11:59 AM
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11. first time I ever had to wait in line to vote...Ohio n/t
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:01 PM
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12. NC: Beautiful weather, exceptional turnout.
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drmom Donating Member (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:02 PM
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13. Usually at my polling place in No. CA there is no wait at all, today...
...I had about a 35 minute wait, behind maybe 50 people. Noticeably different than in previous elections.
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BethlehemWx Donating Member (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:03 PM
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14. Historic Turnout in Bethlehem PA
No one ever remembers having to wait in line before. There's been a wait of around 1/2 an hour all morning.

All sorts of people voting. We had more than half the normal day's voting numbers within the first hour or so of voting this morning.

Other reports from all over the Lehigh Valley in PA are that people are seeing numbers of voters like no one can ever remember.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:31 PM
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19. Hi BethlehemWx!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:41 PM
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24. Yeah, welcome to DU from Mechanicsburg, PA.
We're near Harrisburg and it's heavy turnout here, too!
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Czolgosz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:05 PM
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16. Record breaking (both among overall voters and young voters) in
Nueces County, Texas (Corpus Christi) voter turnout. An area of the state that remains mainly Democratic.
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greekspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:05 PM
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17. Drove past two precincts just now...no lines but lots of cars
This was immediately before lunch though, so there will probably be a lot more at lunch time, and even more after work.
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meisje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:05 PM
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18. 2 1/2 hour line downtown Columbus, Ohio
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:33 PM
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20. 84 percent turnout in Oregon
...that's the prediction from the secretary of state. Most of those votes are already in, as we vote by mail.
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truthbetold Donating Member (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:37 PM
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22. Don't worry bout the youth vote.
Me and my friends are voting, we're just too lazy to go early in the morning. :) But trust me, the youth are excited to vote for Kerry/Edwards!
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Captain Lance Bass Donating Member (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:38 PM
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23. DNC war-room just reported on Air America
that FLA and OH Dem precincts are turning out huge while the rep's are below expectations.
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