Just Saw The Early Voting Line At My Precinct -- Now I've Got An Election Day Buzz!

[bigtree]

No pics, but ditto the ones already pictured around the nation. I'm in a D.C suburb in Md., a relatively safe Democratic state (two Bush votes) and I'm pretty confident that this is an overwhelmingly Democratic crowd. The Romney campaign just doesn't have an early voting organization (or one at all) here, and I've NEVER seen as many folks lined up to vote as I just saw outside the voting center! I don't know what I expected, but I guess my surprise and delight say it all. What a great state! What a fantastic campaign! Go Maryland! Go Democrats! Go Question 6!

[BlueState]

1. Great going!

Good to hear that turn out is good in Dem areas.

You guys are making history with Q. 6! Thanks for that!

[bigtree]

9. the response to the question (at least in polling) has been a welcome surprise

. . . ready to make history; ready to bring our state into the new millennium.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. My sister lives in Md also and she said there was a 2 hr wait time. She said she would go later

today.

[bigtree]

3. we're going to get in tomorrow before the storm

12:00pm start

[southernyankeebelle]

20. good luck. Where are you located? My sister lives in Mechanicsville. They just moved there by the

water.

[bigtree]

24. about 40 miles or so north of D.C.

nowhere near the ocean or bay. Should just be wind and rain. Folks here still reeling from the last extensive power outages . . .

[lunatica]

4. This is why Obama is pushing for people to vote early

It works because the Republicans can't organize against it. They can only organize against it on one day.

[bigtree]

11. great point, lunatica

makes good sense!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

23. +1 nt

[Freddie]

5. I wish we had early voting here in PA!!

Never have & probably never will.
Have to be @ work too early to vote before work and I watch my granddaughter for a few hours after work. They say if you get in line before 8 they can't turn you away so my vote will be late but there!

[bigtree]

7. drag

. . . thanks for hanging in there, Freddie! Sucks they have to make it so hard for you to get your vote in.

[brewens]

6. Mine was pretty sad but it's Idaho. I think I had hill people in there with me but

at least they were wearing shoes.

[bigtree]

8. snarf!

[IDemo]

12. Mine too, in Boise

The story on the news two days prior was that the crowds were overwhelming, but there were only a couple of voters there besides me. The volunteer laughed and said I'd lucked out.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

10. No reason for any Republican to have an early voting strategy in Maryland

It will always go Democratic - waste of time, money and effort for any Republican to even bother with it.

[bigtree]

13. Bush won here twice

remember?

[SickOfTheOnePct]

14. George Bush the Elder won once

Bill Clinton won the other time. It hasn't even been close since then.

So no, Bush didn't win MD twice.

[bigtree]

15. elder Bush

that's what I remember. So, just the one. Still makes my point. it may well be a Democratic state, but it also voted for Reagan over Mondale.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

16. Reagan v. Mondale is not a good gauge

Every state in the country, except for Minnesota and DC voted for Reagan over Mondale.

[WI_DEM]

17. By that reasoning there is no reason for Dems then to vote early either, right?

what it tells us is that maybe Dems do have a great deal more enthusiasm than the pollsters give us credit for. So this is actually very good news and not to be pooh-poohed.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

18. Where did I pooh-pooh the idea of early voting?

I was simply responding to the comment that the Republicans have no strategy against early voting in Maryland, and I still say why would they? They know they can't win Maryland, why waste resources there?

If you're going to comment on what I write, you might want to take the time to actually read it first.

[WI_DEM]

19. Why would there be a strategy for early voting for dems in Maryland?

why would they waste money and time doing it just like the GOP? I did read what you wrote. I still think you were pooh-poohing a good thread about early voting in Maryland. It shows the Dems have enthusiasm if nothing else.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

22. We obviously differ on the purpose of early voting

I don't see it as a strategy for either party. I see it as a way to make voting easier for everyone, regardless of whom they're voting for.

And what you THINK I meant is irrelevant, since I KNOW what I meant.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. My cousin in Las Vegas said the lines were incredible