Well, it’s a cold day here in Utah underneath a high crystal sky — quite pretty actually — and the temperatures aren’t affecting the voting one bit. My own polling place was crowded like I’ve never seen it before, and everyone was talking about the turn-out. There was even an exit poller there from a media research group, the first time I’ve ever encountered such a thing in my sleepy little suburban precinct. The air felt charged with electricity, like it does before a concert or a long-anticipated film. People knew they were making history today.
One quick anecdote to relate: I overheard the woman in line behind me say that her husband had cut short a business trip and was driving in from Oregon today so he could cast his ballot.
It’s that important.
Take time off work, go during your lunch, go after work. But go.
Steve and I voted this morning; we stopped on the way to my work. 🙂
Glad to hear it! From what I’ve been seeing around the ‘net, it looks like this is going to be a record-breaking year for overall turn-out. Interesting…
when I voted at 7pm tonight, 85% of registered Utah voters had turned out.. 7% over what they predicted which would still at 78% been a record turnout.
It really is invigorating to know that you’ve had a small part in this whole process.
It’ll be interesting to see if the numbers remain high in the next election cycle, or if this is just a statistical anomoly. I suspect that unless all hell breaks loose in the next couple of years, those numbers will fall again…