Good News (I think) from early voting West Virginia

[1-Old-Man]

I went and voted today in the first District of West Virginia. Today was the third day of early voting in the state, I was there about 2:00pm, the polls are open 9:00am-5:00pm each day.

My voting ticket noted that I was voter number 678, which the lady who led me to the machine told me meant that I was the 678th voter in this 'very heavy' voting year. "Really," I asked? "How many people normally vote in the early elections? Early voting has been available to us for several years and this was the only polling place in the county. She told me that voting was way more than twice what it had been in any earlier year, including, she told me, 2008. When I asked how many normally voted in early polling she told me a heavy day might be 100 and she only remembered one day in 2008 when it hit just slightly above 200. Considering that much of the day was left to go as I left the polls so far they seem to be averaging 250 per day; about two and a half times what they have seen in the past.

If it is true that early voting favors Democrats I see this as good news. I did over hear one overly-loud fellow who was waiting in line to vote say to the two guys who were waiting behind him 'everyone at work said to vote Democratic but I'm gonna vote for the Green Party guy for President'. I think he meant Governor and considering the buffoon we have running as a Democrat I can't say as how I blame him, its what I did. Sorry DU, but after watching the debate (WV Governor's race, shown on C-Span last weekend) between him and something just a nose hair worse from the Republican Party I had to opt out of my normally strict Party alliance as well.

[scheming daemons]

1. I live 40 miles from WV border. WV is going Romney. The state is full of poor, racist, white fucks

WV won't go Democratic again for a few generations... when all the racist fucks die off.

[bluestateguy]

2. What about Obama's "War on Coal"?

Is that just industry bullshit or do people take it seriously?

[1-Old-Man]

3. Its real hard to say. The war on coal yard signs are everywhere.

I try to point out to people who feel that way that the war is lost and it lost to natural gas. I've told them that the new discoveries of gas doomed coal. It burns cleaner, they will use it in all the new electricity plants and they have found enough of it to last 100 years. This they understand, and nod their heads, and go on their way.

[AlinPA]

4. Romney will carry WV with no problem. Racists, holy-rollers, ignorant, white bigots will not vote

for the President.

[11 Bravo]

5. I love your optimism, but Obama ain't winning West Virginia.

[xxqqqzme]

6. I moved from West Virginia in '84

and it was trending rethug then. The self anointed evangelicons had moved in big time and were sucking up what little money was in the sofa, building little churches on donated land and spreading fear and hated everywhere. There was one sect erecting the 3 'Calvary crosses' everywhere there was a good site line. It was 'Christian' but not overtly in your face as it was when I moved 11 years later.

[marions ghost]

7. Churches spreading hatred

that is what they are literally doing...

[1-Old-Man]

8. I'm going to repost an advertisement for exactly that in just a few moments.

[marions ghost]

10. I know how it is in areas in VA

that I have relatives in...

It's rural vs urban in many respects, and WV is not too urban anywhere...only 3 or 4 small cities...

[sarcasmo]

13. +1

[appacom]

9. In WV Democrats are running against Obama

The only Obama sign on my main drag street is in our yard. No outreach at all to poor white (who're being duped to vote against their own interests to get rid of the Black man in the white house) or African American communities. When I tried to locate Democratic Headquarters in my town, Beckley, could find no listing. I ended up having to speak with someone in Chicago who directed me to a voting fraud hotline where I eventually got a number to call to get a local number. When I got the number, the explanation I was given was that Obama wasn't putting resources (for signs, etc. ) here, but, the fact is, our local congressman, Nick Rahall, is running ads touting his opposition to Obama.

[MrSlayer]

11. The President got killed in the primary there by a guy in prison.

West Virginia is never going to vote for him.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Obama isn't going to win WV and he's not going to win KS either.

There's a huge early turnout here too but I don't believe that means KS will go for Obama.

[pkz]

14. I live in Marion County

In '08 I busted my azz for the Obama campaign, and we won this county.

Last week, husband's cousin called and said he would never vote for Romney...lol...down in the southern counties they are saying that Romney will take away their disability checks...hey, in this state we take the votes anyway we can get them.

btw~ one of the most racist counties in this state went for O in '08, and will again this time too.
some folks will even put aside their prejudices for their own best interests.