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But at least your vote counted. Here's hoping they get a rush after 5 pm! 
But I know a lot skip the primaries. 
I always vote, too, always have, but so many just don't bother, even in a presidential election. I remember when I was first working, I stopped to vote on my way to work and I was excited about it. So when I walked into work, I said to whoever was listening, "Did everybody vote yet?" And I was met with blank stares. 
That few voted?! When I hear things like this, I think of those who died while working to get the right to vote...
Of all the ugliness, the TV ads and the mailings. One 90-something-year-old lady took me to her trash can to show me the amount of paper she'd thrown away. But she'd already voted absentee. There is no excuse for not voting in a case like this, since no one can say they weren't aware of it... 
And it's certainly got to be a lot more competitive. Up here, a lot of the local offices are decided in the Republican primaries. *sigh*
However, a Democrat came to the door over the weekend, is running for County Supervisor. I'm crossing my fingers, but not holding my breath.
Since the majority of the population is there. Up here in the hinterlands, Republicans greatly outnumber Democrats. I can't see how that can be, since the party is no longer that of Lincoln - or Eisenhower. But most people aren't paying attention.
Kirsten Gillibrand ran again that time, too, and she always won in a landslide. But after one term, a Republican won again. Guess I told you that I worked on all of his (two) campaigns. *sigh* But I'm wondering if this insane Republican behavior is going to change some minds. Even those who normally don't pay attention are going to notice if they're affected by this government shutdown. I'm hoping, anyway... 
Ordinary people. Doesn't anyone remember the shutdown back in 1995-6?! I do and I wasn't paying attention like I am now. Even my grandmother, who had voted Republican all her life, changed and voted for Clinton - twice. 
She called me to tell me and I told her that I did, too, but we didn't need to talk about that with the others, LOL. My whole family was Republican. *sigh* I think I've been a good influence on my two cousins I'm close to, think they're paying more attention now. I bring up politics all the time, just can't help it... 
And what I heard from Martin Bashir this afternoon was that since NIH is shut down, they've postponed clinical trials of new cancer medications for children. But that is really bad...
I just can't keep my feelings to myself, mainly since Bush* made such a horrific mess. When I was making GOTV calls for my congressman, I was pleased to find a couple of second cousins on my list of registered Democrats to call. My grandfather was Irish, and a Democrat, but he married my Republican grandmother and he died quite young, so she raised a family of Republicans. Though I have to say that my Dad was open minded. My mother actually liked Barack Obama until she learned he was a Democrat...
If I say anything, he likes to remind me that he has a Masters Degree in political science. *sigh* I stopped by to see him on my way home tonight and I asked him what had happened with the president's meeting with congressional leaders, since I hadn't heard any news. But he had been watching "American Pickers..." 
My mother and my brother even had their picture taken with Rick Lazio when he ran against Hillary Clinton.
And I can't even remember the guy who ran against her the second time. I don't think much of anybody noticed him...
Was he the one who insisted that she'd had plastic surgery? 
Too many people just vote party, though I should talk, LOL, since I've started doing that, too.
While I was driving. I hate that... 
Over the weekend, I had to help my friend with her dog who got fleas even though she'd been flea treated. The vet said it was because it was getting colder and the fleas were jumping on everything. But now it's in the 70s again - not that I mind.
But I really dread the cold weather - and all the snow. I got a new inhaler today! 
And Singlair, I think. 
Fortunately, I'm not as bad as I was *knock on wood*, since I had to give up the Advair when I lost my health insurance. The price went up by about $200. :
Though it actually cost $30, while my usual copay for prescriptions was $10. And that may be why I needed to have a nebulizer. Lately, whenever I get a cold I end up needing it. I'm hoping that the ACA helps a lot of people.
They can't be that stupid to think they can change the law. A lot of them credit Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy with the idea and they already couldn't stand that. But, as usual, they have no memory of history. Nixon was the one who came up with the idea, but it never went anywhere because of Watergate. Today, even Nixon would be considered "too liberal..."
Those who were around during the last one remember what happened. But that's a small minority.
He's a teabagger, but he's not that stupid. He wants to keep his seat...
And it doesn't hurt that we were redistricted just before the last election. I now vote with those from up north.
