[BonnieJ]

I've lived in the Western part of the U.S. all my life and have always thought they shouldn't call ANY state until the polls close in Calif, Seattle, etc. Maybe even Honolulu! It's only fair. Motivation to vote diminishes when it seems it's all over in the major national race.

[Technical Editor]

I've lived in the Western part of the U.S. all my life and have always thought they shouldn't call ANY state until the polls close in Calif, Seattle, etc. Maybe even Honolulu! It's only fair. Motivation to vote diminishes when it seems it's all over in the major national race. Your argument cannot stand up to the fact that there are 50 individual elections, not one election. What happens in the popular vote doesn't affect your state. Well, 51, actually. The 51st is when the Electors vote in January.

[CyberAnt]

I agree!! I've always thought it should be that way. Having lived in CA most of my life .. I felt cheated because - even though I voted anyway - I was sure a lot of people didn't bother.

[Paleo Conservative]

I've lived in the Western part of the U.S. all my life and have always thought they shouldn't call ANY state until the polls close in Calif, Seattle, etc. Maybe even Honolulu! It's only fair. Motivation to vote diminishes when it seems it's all over in the major national race.

Considering all the opportunities for early voting in most states, I can't see why there can't be a nationwide poll closing time. If the states in the Pacific time zone delayed switching from Daylight savings time to standard time till the Sunday after the presidential election, there would only be a two hour difference between the time on the east and west coasts on election day.

A uniform closing time would prevent the media manipulations design to suppress or increase voting in the west. Considering I already voted on the first day of early voting in Texas, an early closing time would not bother me.