I just voted in Georgia (gwinnett co). It took me 3 1/2 hours and it was a McCain crowd. Pretty

[jezebel]

depressing. I keep telling myself this is red state and gwinnett is a pretty red area, but the people all around me (about 10 in each direction of the line) were all Sarah Palin ga-ga fans. It was nauseating. Also my feet hurt from standing so long.
Sorry to be a downer, but then I came home and saw the gallup poll. Is there good news out there today?

[CatBO]

1. That's one reason I left Gwinnett...

Sorry to see they still breed 'em stupid there.

[jezebel]

3. Yeah, I only moved here about 6 years ago and if I see one more McCain/Palin sign I'll scream. nt

[Snotcicles]

45. My in-laws live in Lawrenceville, they are total wackjobs.nt

[beachmom]

42. Actually, based on the vote on MARTA during the primaries, Gwinnett

is not as red as it used to be.

[WI_DEM]

2. Oh well, at least you voted.

[dennis4868]

4. I cannot for the life of me...

figure out why people go ga ga over Palin...seriously, what do they see in her that makes them like her? Her smarts? Intellectual curiosity? WTF?

[jezebel]

9. The woman 2 down from me in the line kept saying "she walks the Jesus walk with that baby". Gag me.

[Virginia Dare]

24. Did Jesus shop at Neiman's too?

these people are so fucking delusional :eyes:

[Javaman]

29. what does that even mean? Jesus had a herniated disc from carrying a baby on his hip? nt

[Kalyke]

35. What is the Jesus walk???

:wtf:

I've never seen Palin walk on water, if that's what she meant.

[last_texas_dem]

40. OMG, you haven't heard of the Jesus Walk?! It's all the rage with the kids these days!!!!1!

[mitchum]

16. She's someone they would like to sit down and drink the blood of Jaysus with!

[Hansel]

50. She's an asshole and so are they. I don't think it's any more profound than that. n/t

[Renew Deal]

5. Bush won that county 2-1

Gwinnett
Bush
160,445 66%
Kerry
81,708 33%

So there were probably 2 more Dems in those 10. :)

[jezebel]

10. There was a college girl who was awful quiet. Hopefully she was on our side. :)

[beachmom]

43. We are going to improve on those numbers this time. I know it.

And anyone on this thread from GA, I hope you are phonebanking or canvassing. Otherwise, you have NO REASON to complain if things don't go the way you want it to.

[leftynyc]

6. New Pew Poll

Sen Obama up by 15. Pew is very respected and was right on in 2004. Hope that perks up your day.

[jezebel]

14. Fuck Gallup, Pew is my new pollster of choice :)

[leftynyc]

31. That's the spirit!!!

Also, look at the state polls. He just needs Kerry states and just one or two from a slew of states where he is polling ahead. mclame has only 1 path to victory. Sen Obama has several.

I'm not one of those who gets angry at those who are nervous or freaking out. Probably because I have to talk my dad and sister off a ledge almost daily. I'm going to give you the same advice I give them. Take a day off from the internet and the TV. Sit outside if you're in that kind of climate. Read a good book. Take a bath. Play with your kids/pets/friends.

[Liberal_in_LA]

up by 16 among registered voters

[leftynyc]

32. More good news

Nobody really knows what a likely voter looks like this year so those models are just guesses which any one of us could make just as easily.

[4_Legs_Good]

7. Oh bummer!

That sucks. Man, I can't believe people have to wait for 3.5 hours to EARLY vote. That's absurd. I thought the whole point of early voting was to make things easier.

Bummer about the 20:1 Palin loving crowd too. Bah! I had hoped that early voting turnout would be great for us.

On the good news. Insider Advantage/Poll Position has McSame with only a 1 point lead in Georgia today! Something to be happy about!!

David

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

23. At least you can early vote...

Here in SC you have to "give a reason" just to get an absentee ballot. It's like it's a special deal...along the lines of getting out of jury duty. Not a very progressive area, obviously. (To me, not wanting to stand in the line all day with a bunch of narrow-minded ditto-heads on election day is a perfectly valid reason.) I may have to complain about that. My wife told them that she's disabled (which she is) and got her absentee ballot, but I just refused to lie, so I'll be making some new "friends" on election day.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

25. At least you can early vote...

Here in SC you have to "give a reason" just to get an absentee ballot. It's like it's a special deal...along the lines of getting exempted from jury duty. Not a very progressive area, obviously. (To me, not wanting to stand in the line all day with a bunch of narrow-minded ditto-heads on election day is a perfectly valid reason.) I may have to complain about that. My wife told them that she's disabled (which she is) and got her absentee ballot, but I just refused to lie, so I'll be making me some "brand new friends" on election day.

[4_Legs_Good]

49. Wow! In California, I don't think we have "early voting", but you can get an absentee

without a reason now.

David

[Max_powers94]

8. DeKalb is going hard for Obama and fulton...oh don't forget Clayton

[mac56]

12. How about Athens/Clarke County?

I moved away from there in 2005. I miss it sometimes.

[mitchum]

15. We are going overwhelmingly for Obama

[mac56]

22. great!

I'd be celebrating at The Globe and The Mellow Mushroom!

[CottonBear]

26. I live in A-CC & early voted today. 1/3 of the 60K registered voters have voted already!

Isn't that awesome? We are, of course, a blue, blue, blue county! :)
:hi:

[Budgies Revenge]

46. I'm still holding out hope that....

Madison County will make things competitive this year too. I spoke to the poll workers when I voted at 2:30 today, and they said they had already recorded over 400 votes since this morning alone. (which for rural Madison County, is pretty impressive)

[CottonBear]

47. That is great news!

I used to live in Madison County back in the 1980s.

There are several other Athens DUers. We should plan an election victory party at the Globe or Trapeze!
:hi:

[FLyellowdog]

11. Thank you for voting for Barack...

It's difficult to live in our red states (I'm in FL) but the only way we can help make a difference is to GOTV so we don't look quite as red as in previous elections. Georgia is probably still a little bit racist so what can you expect. Keep a stiff upper lip...no, on second thought, that would make you look too much like McCain. Stay strong, instead.

[liskddksil]

13. good news in Indiana: Obama up by one

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081028/NEWS0502/810280405

[stillcool]

17. egads..nothing like adding ..

insult to injury. Thank you for sticking it out!:toast: I hope you treated yourself to something special after.

[yourguide]

18. Thanks...

having grown up in cobb county I am sure I know exactly what you suffered through. thank you for your sacrifice!

[Soup Bean]

19. Don't worry. I live in the Red, Red Upper East Tennessee Mountains.

I'm one of those "Appalachian Rednecks" I keep reading about. There is NO WAY my county is going to go for Obama, but I vote anyway. It makes me feel good to win the nation, if not my home county.

People are actually scared to say they are Democrats here, or even that they voted for a Democrat, let alone Barack Obama. There are very few black people here, but I haven't heard much about the election this time. Trust me, that's a good sign here. I've actually seen Obama signs, and I don't think I ever saw a Kerry sign. Abortion, guns, gays and God and the issues people react to here, and it's always been this way. The South is changing slowly; Bush/Cheney let us backslide, but I'm counting on the big cities to bail us out nationally.

By the way, there ARE Democrats, or at least truly independent thinking people down here. Please don't forget us when raging against the rednecks. Trust me, the rednecks are MUCH harder on us than they are on those of you who only have to listen to them every four years.

[RebelOne]

20. I live north of Atlanta in Cherokee County and it is just about 100%

Republican. I am probably the only Democrat in the entire county.

[beachmom]

44. I volunteer at the Obama office in Forsyth co. which went 86% for Bush.

Um, we have a lot of volunteers and have identified a lot of Obama supporters. We are also helping Gwinnett Co. out. I urge all of you complaining to get phonebanking. The point is to CONTROL the margins in the redder counties while DRIVING UP the turn out in the deep blue areas.

[otohara]

21. My Former BFF Moved There from CO - Married A GOP

now votes GOP. This was one of the most liberal, free spirited hippie girl and now she's a republican through and through. Group think is powerful.

[sarahdemva]

27. i agree, GOOD NEWS ONLY

no gloomy pessimists

[Spider Jerusalem]

28. DeKalb and Fulton are going overwhelmingly for Obama

Along with Clarke and a few other counties; parts of Gwinnett are likely to go for Obama too, on the basis of demographics (think the Buford Highway area, fairly high black/Hispanic/Asian population compared to the rest of the county). I still don't expect Georgia to go for Obama, but we just may get a surprise on election day.

[dmallind]

30. Last cycle I lived in Nebraska. I feel your pain.

When Chuck Hagel is a commie traitor liberal (a direct quote from my last polling line) you know you're not among the rational.

But hey just remember - there is no victory plan that relies on GA going blue (or NE either).

[Kukesa]

33. Thank you, jezebel. Thank you very much. n/t

[Cattledog]

34. I voted in Dekalb yesterday and it took 1hr. 80% Obama

Went smoothly!

[Dawgs]

36. I voted in Gwinnett last week, and my crowd was 90% Obama supporters.

Sorry your experience was not as nice as mine.


My voting experience in Gwinnett County Georgia (cold, windy, and wet). I loved it.

[Bake]

37. Look at it this way: You were part of HISTORY today.

I'll be voting in Mississippi next Tuesday (no early voting), and I hold no illusion that we'll win here, although I hope it's close at least. But I'll still cast my vote to be part of something HUGE.

You did too.

Bake

[TennesseeDem]

38. Good news about Gwinnett...

According to that Pew poll. I know for sure here in Roswell/Fulton County we're going blue.

[nyccitizen]

39. REALCLEARPOLITICS now: Obama up 7.0; this morning it was low 6's. /nt

[beachmom]

41. Are you volunteering for the campaign? My county has been helping

out Gwinnett, and we have stacks and stacks of Obama supporters in Gwinnett county. Plus, if you check the stats there are a lot of Republicans coming out; it's just there are more Democrats coming out.

[endthewar]

48. Early voting stats for GA (you'll like this)

http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html

Race
White 61.0%
Black 35.1%
Other/Unk 2.6%

Sex
Men 41.2%
Women 55.9%
Unk 1.6%

Ballot
Absentee 14.8%
In-person 85.2%

Also, early voting is 31.8% of the 2004 total vote. These stats are looking very good for Obama, so we thank you for your part! :patriot:

[TragedyandHope]

51. Thank you and congratulations on your vote!

Also thanks for the first hand report. It's too bad there are so many Low Information Voters out there. Don't worry, the rest of America will make up for those few misguided souls.

[CatBO]

52. Romney can't win the South. Period.

I am a southerner, and I am by no means biased against race or religion usually, but in the south, Mormons are dirty, filthy cultists. Period. That's what every southern church preacher will tell you.

I disregard most of what southern church preachers say, but I agree with them on this. I was recruited, heavily, by mormons when I was a teenager. They harassed me, having someone invite me to her home under the pretense of "friendship" only to be ambushed by a bunch of Mormons trying to get me to convert. They came to my house repeatedly for about a year.

I am an open minded individual. I will abide all religions, and I adhere to no religion. I am actually pretty much an atheist, but am willing to let other religions be. 7th day Adventists, you name it. That said? Mormons are dirty, filthy cultists who can't be trusted. If I believe that, based on my personal experience with those jerks, you can bet the rest of the south believes that because their church told them so.

I was abused and harassed and stalked by Mormons. Fundamentalists frequently are too. Romney will lose if he's on the ticket, ever.

[CitizenPatriot]

53. chatham is looking alright for Obama

and remember, we registered 400,000 new voters in GA this year:-)

I know is SUCKS living around all of this red and it can be really demoralizing. It happened to me today -- the Jesus talk, the dead baby talk, the Muslim talk, and the rest which is too ugly to repeat. It can suck -- but, there are more of us here than anyone would have guessed (and I'm still pissed that someone stole my Obama sign last weekend).

Yes, we can;-) turn GA light blue.

Don't forget to vote your whole ballot and not just president!!! GOTV, phone back, give rides, and video the vote.

Yes, we will!!! (even is GA stays light pink, we've made a huge accomplishment here!)

YOU ROCK!! hang in there!