I’m the clerk / head election judge for our city and here in central Minnesota we are off to a brisk start to voting. A tad bit more traffic than normal but the influx of people is definitely a steady stream.
I’m too close to the forrest right now to get a sense of what tilt this particular slice of the electorate is heading towards. About 10 a.m. we will process the absentee ballots and that’ll give a bit more of an idea of how this area is voting. I say if McCain breaks 70% here - he’s got a fighting chance to win MN. Pawlenty (Governor) won with almost 70% here and barely squeaked out a victory in 2006. Bush won the area with something on the order of 65% and lost the state by 3+ percent.
I am in generally conservative West Michigan.
However, I have seen quite a few 0bama yard signs this year.
My voting place was busier than I have seen it. It took 30 minutes to get to #100 (I was #100).
I saw the neighborhood lesbians there (they have a 0bama yard sign). Hard to say what the others were voting for.
It took me approx. 40 minutes to get in and out.