Vote, Vote, Vote
If you haven't gone the early or absentee route, today is the day to make your voice heard at the polls. If you don't know where to vote, find out at MyPollingPlace.com. If you have trouble voting, contact Election Protection or call them at 1-866-OURVOTE (1-866-687-8683).
So how's it going to turn out? Who knows! I've been an Electoral-Vote.com junkie and that site predicts Kerry 298 to 231 electoral votes. ElectionProjection.com has Bush winning by 289 to 249. And they both base their predictions on national polls.
It seems to me that all the political junkies have been living in wishful-thinking land. I read through the poll interpretation and reader commentary on a right-wing blog post and it's simply amazing how apart we are. It's like the two sides are in their very own little world. Both sides read bias into polls unfavorable to their candidate (liberal main stream media, etc.) and they both are hoping for the "unkown" voters -- the right for the "solid GOP base" and "people concerned about security" and the left for the "unpolled cell phone voters" and "new voters pissed about 2004".
I think it will be a long day and there are going to be lawsuits aplenty. The vote supression has been going on for a while in swing states and we can expect plenty of voter intimidation at the polls.
Nothing like elections in the bastion of democracy, huh?
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We may like to think we're a bastion of democracy, but, of course, we're actually a republic. Too bad! Maybe some day, but it will probably take a revolution. I think the people in power (that's the rich people in - and some out of - the country) like it like it is.
I voted in my first election!
Except I did absentee ballot, so I didn't get the "true experience" of the voting process. May I add that early voting is the way to go.
I voted today at about 11am. I'm in a swing state according to electoral-vote.com so that was really excited.
There's nothing like going to the polls on election day and excercising your right to vote. But I do agree with Courtney, Early voting is pretty convenient.