PWEB Voter Turnout

[Hegemon]

Us elections are today and Canadian municipal elections were either today, yesterday or sometime next week *I really have no idea*...

Anyways, did you vote? I wonder what the voter turnout on PWEB is like compared to the population as a whole.

Edit: Actually, the municipal elections might only be in Ontario. I am not sure about the rest of the country.

[Mahatma]

*grumble grumble* Stupid absentee ballot... applied for a day too late... *grumble grumble*

[Jayelle]

There aren't any elections around here, there were mayoral elections... but they were over a couple weeks ago.

[Rei]

I have no clue when the municipal elections were, are, or are yet to come here. However, if I were in my more familiar riding and I knew for there, I would have voted.

[eriador]

how about an underage option?

though some of us might have voted

[Fris]

I voted. The buggers were out of I Voted stickers, though. Vastly disappointing...

[Hegemon]

Eri, underage voters have been added to the poll as per your request.

[powerfulcheese04]

I voted.

Though, most of my votes were more cast against people than for candidates.

I voted AGAINST: Kinky Friedman and Rick Perry.
I voted AGAINST: Chet Edwards.
etc.

[anonshadow]

Kim, there was an interesting editorial in the Times today that touched on the idea of voting against rather than for--Link.

As for myself, I just voted for the first time, and NYC still uses the levers. We don't do that stupid computer s*** (yet).

I'm crossing my fingers for a Dem win.

[Oliver Dale]

Funny that you're using a poll (arguably, a vote) to determine if people vote. Seems like bad science.

[eriador]

i'm waiting for the rioting to start when it becomes clear that the republicans have stolen it, even though the popular vote went democratic...


ps, thnx for the underage options

[Jayelle]

via http://xkcd.com/

[Nicholas]

I wanted to vote. I'm tooo young though.
too much mud slinging though. (i dislike politics)

[Ela]

via http://xkcd.com/

Whatever you posted there, Jayelle, is showing up as a red box with a question mark in it for me.

[mr_thebrain]

that's too bad. one of xkcd's better strips

[Ela]

Well, I was able to view it by going to the site she linked, but her attempt to link the image to the forum isn't working on my browser.

[mr_thebrain]

i love fox news reporting. 2% of the votes are tallied up and they already declared winners. quality

[Ela]

Kind of sad, actually.

[Fris]

Woo! Democrats are winning in Minnesota!

[anonshadow]

... aaaand, with a brief moment of immaturity:

We took back the House, we took back the House.

(Dems now have control of the House, with 25 more seats than the Republicans.)

[Virlomi]

Has anyone heard if they've officially announced the winner of the Virginian senate race? I can't find a firm announcement, just people talking about how close it is, and how that race is going to determine everything. I feel like Ohio.

[Fris]

Tell your state to hurry up and elect the Democrat, Duck.

[Oliver Dale]

Ms. Pelosi frightens me

[mr_thebrain]

why's that ollie? (please don't say it's because she's a woman... that'd probably get you dead)

[Oliver Dale]

Yes, it's because she's a woman. I'm about gender inequality in all forms of government.

Actually, it's mostly because she seems every bit as much extreme as the so-called evil she's allegedly replacing.

[mr_thebrain]

I can honestly say that I know nothing of her or her politics. I do however, think it's great to have a female speaker of the House.

oh and she's not that bad looking for 66.

[Oliver Dale]

I think electing a Speaker because she's a woman is just as bad as not electing one because she is.

And no, not bad looking, if you go for the crazy-eyed, frothing mouth, sweet-God-where-are-my-pills?! type.

[mr_thebrain]

I think electing a Speaker because she's a woman is just as bad as not electing one because she is.

This is true. However, the fact that she is a woman is kind of kool. Progress and all that. Again I state that I know nothing of her politics. So I have nothing else to base my opinion on other than that she is a woman. If I were from California (she is a California rep. right?) I wouldn't have voted for her unless I agreed with her politics or if she was the better of the choices.

And no, not bad looking, if you go for the crazy-eyed, frothing mouth, sweet-God-where-are-my-pills?! type.

Come now, is there really any other type of woman?

[eriador]

no comment

[mr_thebrain]

then why post? by posting, "no comment" then isn't that in fact, a comment? or were you simply just trying to drive up your post count? or do you in fact have a comment, but are afraid to actually say it?

[anonshadow]

I'm actually with Ollie--Nancy Pelosi kind of scares me, too.

Jani, Virginia hasn't been declared yet. Latest news was 49.6% Webb and 49.3% Allen, with 99.8% of precincts in.

Edit: Actually, if you want to talk about close races--in Connecticut District 2, the Dem looks to have won by 170 votes. I think they're recounting to make sure.

[Oliver Dale]

Come now, is there really any other type of woman?

Ha!

*steps slowly away muttering "I didn't say it, ladies.. it was that man over there!"*

[mr_thebrain]

oh ollie... it takes one type of man to say a bad joke. it's takes another type of man entirely to find it funny.

[Ela]

Nancy Pelosi looks a whole lot less scary to me than New Gringrich was.

[eriador]

I wanted to say "I have something to say, but I think keeping my mouth closed is a better idea."