How many 1st time/returning voters do you know that will voting 11/2?

[xyboymil]

As I see doom thread after doom thread making WAY WAY WAY too much of the LA Times and other polls this week, we need a reality check.

How many of you know 1st time voters or returning voters who are going to vote on November 2nd that havent voted in some time? Of those, how many are voting for Bush?

I am from the key battleground state of Wisconsin. I know eleven people who will be voting for either the 1st time ever or who havent voted since 1996 or before. All of them are voting for John Kerry

Let me say that again: ALL OF THEM ARE VOTING FOR JOHN KERRY

Some are voting because they hate the war, they hate what Bush has done to the econmony, 5 are 18-21 and are elegible for the 1st time to vote in a Presidential election, and 3 are young gay men who feel they stigma of hate the Bush has spewed against gays is bullshit and that alone is getting them to the polls.

Keep in mind the following when you look at Polls:

Not a single polling source EVER polls new or "occasional" voters. None. Not a single poll. All polls look to likely or registered voters.

So before anyone flys of a cliff thinking Bush is tied/slightly ahead of Kerry..THINK!

How many of you know 1st time or returning voters that will be voting on November 2nd?

How many of you can round up at LEAST one new voter and bring them to the polls to vote John Kerry?

People: We have the power! Let's stand up and do what's right!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[NV1962]

1. got 7 so far in my enviro (n/t)

[ceile]

2. I'm a first time voter

Didn't vote for Clinton the second time because I was in college and didn't care about anything except myself. I didn't vote in 2000 because I was in between residences. But I always vote in my local elections because over the years I've learned that is incredibly important. I'm dragging my fiance to vote-he's never voted as well. Yes, we're both voting for Kerry.

[xyboymil]

4. Outstanding! Good for you.

:toast:

[Mr. McD]

3. My brother in-law (age 50) who has never voted before

Will be voting this year for Kerry.

[Philostopher]

5. I know a couple.

My niece is 19 and will be voting for the first time; my sister didn't like Al Gore enough to get up and go punch her card in 2000 (don't ask me, I didn't want to hear why).

She's learned her lesson, this time. She and my niece probably will go vote together. And yeah, of course they'll be voting for Kerry -- my sis wouldn't get up to go vote for Gore, it's damned sure she wouldn't have bothered to go vote for a Repbulican!

[Eurobabe]

6. doomed, we're DOOMED... bullsh1t

My kids are 20 & 22. They're voting Kerry. As are ALL their friends, these kids are totally psyched to BOOT Bu$h!

[xyboymil]

7. Awesome!

I also hope the kind of energy for Howard Dean that young voters 18-30(myself included) showed will transfer to out and out support for Kerry.

I don't care if they are voting to support Kerry or because they hate GW Bush. Either way, Bush would be out.

[lapfog_1]

8. This is what I'm talking about

ALL of the anecdotal evidence related here is about either
first time voters, former Green/other voters, and Republican
voters ALL voting for Kerry. So, either we are only seeing
what we want to see, or reporting only good news, or the polls
are just waaaay off.

I don't trust anecdotal evidence. I don't trust the polling data.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=678903&mesg_id=678903

Hence, my confusion.

Oh well... contributed as much as I could, will go to poll and
vote Nov 2, close my eyes and hope.

(Oh, and try to get any fence sitting indie or republican to
vote Kerry between now and then)

[Nadeaufan17]

10. First Time Voters

I am going to be voting kinda for my first time. (I voted in the primary in March). I was only 17 at the time, but I will be 18 in 3 weeks. I know of atleast 6 or 7 new Kerry voters because of my age. All of this in the swing state of Ohio. :)

[lapfog_1]

11. You ROCK

and welcome to DU.

Let's hope you and your friends do not get drafted into the
military to serve the neocon agenda.

[xyboymil]

17. Excellent! Good for you and your friends!

[newyawker99]

19. Hi Nadeaufan17!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[CrispyQ]

9. I haven't voted since '80, Carter/Reagan . . .

I was so pissed at the October Surprise I told myself I'd never vote again. My husband hasn't voted since '68. We'll both be at the polls this election voting for Kerry!

[NanBo]

12. Also from WI <waves>

My 18 yr old Daughter will vote 1st time and for Kerry and my 23 yr. old Daughter is voting for Kerry, having "mistakenly" voted for Nader last time. WOOT--Go kids!!
:)

[Chili]

13. it's easy to despair...

...I've been doing it off and on myself in the last few hours.

But this thread helps, because it reminds me of one of two of my best friends who have kids in the 18-22 age group voting for the first time this election. And of the 3 out of the 4 children, it's guaranteed they're going for Kerry (the 4th, I have no idea - probably going Kerry too, he's draftable). And according to at least the kids of one of my friends, ALLLLLL of their friends hate Bush and will also be voting for Kerry. I guess I can safely say, overall,... maybe 15-20 new voters just from that connection. And I live in Ohio... on another thread, I just moaned about Ohio going for Bush. Maybe not!

Not to mention the MTV kids out there, and the hip-hop kids out there... that's an unknown number of new registered voters that is probably huge, and totally ignored.

Thank you for this thread. Mood is going up again!

[cmd]

14. Dozens and dozens and I'm in Ohio

I've lost track of how many I have registered and I've handled many, many other registrations. But, don't forget, the Pubbies are doing the same thing. We can't stop until the last vote is cast.

[Riptide]

15. I live in PA and I will be voting for the first time in November....

I was born in Canada, and had been living in the US for about 15 years. I had a green card for years. However, it wasn't until Bush stole the presidency in 2000 did I decide to become an American citizen so that I could vote him out of office in 2004.

So, here I sit patiently waiting to kick Dumbya back to Texas.

[Dawgs]

16. I know of two..

My wife and myself.

I started another post making this same point. Don't believe the polls because of 2000 election and new voters. If there are not more pissed off voters then something is wrong.

I think the trick is for everyone to try to get at least one or two to vote this time that hadn't in the past. I know this isn't realistic, but imagine the difference it would make.

[unslinkychild1]

18. returning--voting 1st time in 22 yrs since I was 18

voting for Kerry