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Did you or are you voting for Midterms?

Did you or are you voting for Midterms?

  • Yes

    Votes: 37 100.0%

  • No

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    37
nota bene said:
My precinct is rural, and until the 2016 Presidential election, I'd never stood in a line. I did tonight too and was just delighted. (In non-Presidential years, too often only 7-10% of registered voters in my county bother.) Ethnically and age-diverse crowd too. Guy behind me told any and everybody who would listen that he's 59, and this is very first time to vote. I gave him my "I voted" sticker so he'd have "one to grow on."
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Same here except I live in an urban area. Very diverse and energetic crowd patiently waiting, it was awesome to see. I loved how many people brought their kids too so they could see all the people exercising their right to vote. Plus I liked the general friendliness, even though we were probably there to vote for different people and it was such an important race, we were all getting along and talking just fine.
 
nota bene said:
I was the media coordinator for my county's signature effort, but I quit the campaign. I still can't believe the assorted local cranks and whackos Perot attracted.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. I wasn't a fan of Bush, and I was pretty meh about Clinton.
 
Pretty Happy!!!!


5 of 6 I voted for won and the one lose i honestly expected. 4 democrats won 2 republicans and I feel 5 of the 6 are GOOD picks.
 
americanwoman said:
Same here except I live in an urban area. Very diverse and energetic crowd patiently waiting, it was awesome to see. I loved how many people brought their kids too so they could see all the people exercising their right to vote. Plus I liked the general friendliness, even though we were probably there to vote for different people and it was such an important race, we were all getting along and talking just fine.
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That was my experience too. The young mom in front of me had brought her little boy (4?), and he played with his plastic dinosaurs and was a saint. Yes, this was awesome! So often over the years I've been the only one at the precinct when I show up, and I was so happy to wait in a line for the second time in over 30 years! It's very depressing to collect signatures and help register folks to vote and then see that only 10% of my community could be bothered to show up. So yay!
 
Helix said:
It seemed like a good idea at the time. I wasn't a fan of Bush, and I was pretty meh about Clinton.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time for me too, sigh.
 
nota bene said:
It seemed like a good idea at the time for me too, sigh.
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before he withdrew and then reentered, i thought that he might have an outside chance. at least the whole thing helped to cement my interest in politics. i think that it was there before that, though. anyway, the '92 election happened when i was turning 18, so that was the first one that i got to vote in.
 
Helix said:
before he withdrew and then reentered, i thought that he might have an outside chance. at least the whole thing helped to cement my interest in politics. i think that it was there before that, though. anyway, the '92 election happened when i was turning 18, so that was the first one that i got to vote in.
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What's great is your interest was sparked. I think paying nominal attention is one's civic duty, but I realize lots of people don't share that opinion. :(
 
nota bene said:
What's great is your interest was sparked. I think paying nominal attention is one's civic duty, but I realize lots of people don't share that opinion. :(
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yeah, i don't disagree. i think that civics / government should be a part of secondary education. kids will be guiding this country someday, and they should at least have the Cliffs notes.
 
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