Election! Election!
I’m gonna spare you all who I’m voting for and why, but I would like to say, this is my first time voting in Tennessee and it’s taking a little adjustment knowing that my vote is not pulling the same electoral weight as it did in Florida. It’s gonna be weird to watch the returns knowing that my state is only going to impact the electoral college vote by 11 points - that is 16 points fewer than when I lived in Florida. I think the electoral college is a great system, but, man, it’s hard to lose those 16 votes.
I’ve also not voted YET… we were supposed to go this morning, but when the first lines they showed on the Today Show were from Nashville, I kind of threw away that thought since people began lining up at FIVE THIRTY IN THE MORNING. Which we did not.
So wish us luck.
Oh, yeah and go VOTE!!!
Dialogue
B
on a Saturday
at 8:10 pm
We have only 5 electoral votes. FIVE! And we can split them (which we did for the first time ever this election — four went to McCain and one went to Obama).
Anyway, how long did you stand in line? I voted several weeks early. There was no magic in that.
Jared
on a Monday
at 1:18 am
B- we should all be like Nebraska and Maine and split the electoral votes. That way most every state would matter, not just a couple.
Shannon
on a Tuesday
at 12:32 pm
We share a voting location with all Vanderbilt students, so we thought we’d have to stand in line for like 2 hours. Awesomely, very shortly after we got into line, someone came back and escorted us to the very front of the line to vote immediately, as we are technically in a different section of the district.
I also think we should look at splitting some electoral votes. As well as working on that whole calling states for one or the other candidate when 0-1% of the votes are in, what is that about?
Jared
on a Wednesday
at 11:08 am
Seriously. Think about it, wouldn’t it be great for TN if instead of 11 automatic electors for the Republicans the Democrats could count on peeling off 3 or 4? Then the Republicans would campaign here and make outrageous promises to the natives that they have no intentino of keeping, just like they do in Florida and Ohio! It would work the other way as well. The Republicans could count on picking up a couple electors in California and NY. P.S. What is with them not calling Missouri, just give it to McCain already! It’s not like it matters! P.P.S. I wrote in Ron Paul and I’m happy to announce I was one of 19,000+ who did.