70-72% Turnout in Connecticut

[mom cat]

70-72% Turnout in Connecticut
by Matt Stoller, Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 06:57:05 PM EST

I was out poll standing at a school in Meriden for a few hours, and the turnout was steady. I spent some time talking to a nice Joe Lieberman volunteers, an obese woman. I offered her some banana nut bread, and she said "No, I'm diabetic. And besides, I have donuts in the car."

Also she was very antiwar. Go figure.

The Secretary of State's office is projecting 70% turnout, and in such a case it's impossible to know what's going on. Doug Schwartz at Quinnipiac should put out a lot of statements about how this race would shape up, and his credibility and that of his university are on the line.

I expect the Democrats to take the House and the Senate. This race is shaping up to be really interesting. If you haven't voted yet, get to the polls.


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Tags: Ned Lamont, Joe Lieberman, CT-Sen, Connecticut, Alan Schlesinger (all tags)



Kentucky and Indiana
by Chris Bowers, Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 06:42:17 PM EST
http://www.mydd.com/

[TheDonkey]

1. that's great for democracy. If only this entire country could do that

[slackmaster]

2. That's amazing

I've never experienced anything close to that level of involvement.

Kudos to the people of CT!

[bigwillq]

3. WOW!

The woman who took my ID said she was really busy all day. I voted at 2:30 p.m. here in CT.
Looked like a lot of names were crossed off on the woman's sheet.

:bounce:

[mom cat]

6. Just wanted to ask, where is the best place in Conn to get the results as they come out.

I am looking for the official results, but your sec of State's office does not look like they are set up for it. Could you also take screenshots of the Conn results, Especially the Senate and districts 2 & 4. PM them to Autorank!
Thanks!

[Justitia]

4. Antiwar & For Lieberman? I think she's in diabetic shock, call 911. -eom

[lebkuchen]

5. Typically the US is lucky to break 40% during congressional elections

Hey, Chimpy, that's what I call "political capital," and we intend to SPEND it!

[mom cat]

7. This just has to be good for Lamont!

[lebkuchen]

8. Wouldn't that be rich, to see Lieberman out on his ass?

Can you imagine his tortured effort at a concession speech? Ha ha!

[fujiyama]

9. CT is highly educated

as a state.

This will indeed be a lot more interesting than I originally thought. I have hope for Ned!