Yes we can.

[cerebel]

I just voted in my very first election. I was a year too young the last time midterms rolled around, and here I am. I've kinda been anticipating this since I was eight years old, but there was no way I could have guessed that my first cast vote would be in an election like this.

Obama's rally in Chicago tonight has space for 30,000 people. Mayor Daley reportedly expects overflow crowds of about a million.

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[usakeh.livejournal.com]

I just voted too.

I think that you'll enjoy this (http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0810/callie-bp.html).

I am so damn nervous; I cannot wait for this day to be over.

[cerebel.livejournal.com]

Aww, I did enjoy that! Thank you.

And dude I know. FiveThirtyEight thinks that the election's gonna be over by the time the polls close on the East Coast.

[vibishan.livejournal.com]

Did you not vote in the primaries or do you think they Don't Count?

I'm right there with you. Plus, I got to vote in a state that (even though it's almost certainly going Obama) is technically still being referred to as "in play". Growing up in Texas, I never thought my vote would actually matter. =D

[cerebel.livejournal.com]

I voted in the primaries; they're not a real election, though.

Honestly, I think the votes of mine that mattered the most, in terms of percentage effect, were the seven pages of judicial retention y/n for every. Single. Judge. Ever. Ever. Ever.

Luckily, I'd already done my research, and I voted 'no' on a bunch.

[wrenbow.livejournal.com]

I was thinking today about the electoral college system, and how unfair it is that the votes of, say, Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in California, make absolutely no difference towards deciding the presidency in the general election, since those states are always overwhelmingly weighted the other way. I've now realized that for states like that, the primary is the only election where the votes of those people matter.

Yeah, I have some problems with the electoral college system. But then I consider what happened in 2000, and that Al Gore would have been president if the popular vote counted, and then he would have had to deal with 9/11, and who knows how that would have gone? It could very well have created an atmosphere more friendly to a Republican candidate in this election or 4 years earlier. But then, the "what if" game never has answers. It's just interesting to think about.

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your first voting experience!

[cerebel.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[knitress.livejournal.com]

Yes We Can.

I remember that long weekend with you and Malcolm after the election in 2000, waiting for people in Florida to recount.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

This is my sixth, and let me tell you, it doesn't get any better than this. Just hope the next one is as good.