Nov. 7th- today's the day!

[KarlOmega1]

Today's the day that we citizens of the USA vote for our senators, represenatives, and other state and local officials...

I have one question, though...I know that there's Republicans, Democrats, and Independents...Though I'm pretty much sure there was other political parties as well (in the US)...Does anybody know how many there are and can you list a few besides the ones I just stated?

[Cogidubnus]

Independent covers everything that isn't Republican or Democrat.

There are a great number of independent parties. The Green party is one of the more well-known ones. The Libertarian is also another well-known third party. However, any party that is not Republican or Democrat is subject to the moniker of independent.

[Gornemant]

vote for communism 

[thegayhare]

I was surprised I actually had to vote for some of the candidates...

there were about 7 people running unopposed

But we had 5 different candidates for state Governor, Dem, rep, Independent, Green, and the tax rebellion

[Zedd]

Crap I forgot to vote! *bolts*

[ITOS]

I only vote in polls, never elections.

[Vidar]

Vote European! 

[Stygian]

Vote European! 

Hear, hear. Be an arrogant, greedy and lowly bureaucrat you too!

I'm European. That alone should mean something.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

... it means you're an arrogant, greedy, and lowly bureaucrat?

[Stygian]

No. But it means I'm an untermensch. Now shut up and terror the Europeans. You want some decent people? Go to New Zealand, or Australia.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Been there.

Both of them.

nice folks.

[Damaris]

would rather be there.

I did vote today.  Not that it will do me any good, living in the Bible belt as I do.

[Stygian]

living in the Bible belt as I do.

*shudders*

If there's one thing I can't stand, then it's organized religion. Institutionalized superstition!

[DigitalMan]

I'll vote when there's someone worth voting for, that's my stance.

Actually, I was considering making this my first time voting, but I'm quite uneducated on the subject as a whole. There are at the very least 18 compound issues to vote on, where can I find out exactly what the hell they all mean? What if I don't want to vote yes or no, can I leave it blank? I know we want Bob Taft out of office as governor, but then who do I choose?

And most importantly, are the machines working this time? I swear, a counting device should be the simplest damn thing to make, but last I checked they still haven't gotten it right.

[RJ]

I wish I didn't have to vote It doesn't matter who I vote for in Australia- either way we're screwed.

Random fact- Australian people as a whole are some of the most generous in the world; however, our government is quite the opposite.

[xHaZxMaTx]

I can't vote, and even if I could, I probably wouldn't.

[Hilary]

Vote anarchy.

[Aridas]

vote for RJ as ruler of the world, it's simple as that. a few muffins to keep people in line and everything would be alright...

[Hilary]

vote for RJ as ruler of the world, it's simple as that. a few muffins to keep people in line and everything would be alright...

[Aridas]

vote for RJ as ruler of the world, it's simple as that. a few muffins to keep people in line and everything would be alright...

No, I'm not sure RJ wants just tijuana.

[RJ]

Throw in all the Disneylands around the world, and we got a deal 

[bill]

Oh god, it's close as hell.


In the senate at least. The GOP is getting raped in the House.

[Cvstos]

Current status with many more raced yet to be called:

No possible GOP Pickups in the US Senate.  At least 3 GOP Seats in the Senate will fall to Democratic challengers: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.

Lieberman (I) will likely win in CT, creating a middle-of-the-road vote in the Senate.  It is unknown who he will caucus with.

Bernie Sanders (I) will win the in Vermont Senate race, and will side with the Democratic Party in most anything. If anything, this self-styled socialist is to the left of most Democrats.

The House, thus far, is trending Democratic with a net 3 seat boost to the blue, but there are a lot of seats yet to be called so this is far from over.

Two Democratic challengers have taken out GOP incumbents in Governor races (Massachusetts, Ohio).

[bill]

George Allen has a point over creepy-book-writer Webb in Virginia(GO CAVS! WOOOOO!).

VA SEN [91.53% IN]
R- ALLEN 1,042,414 49.82%
D- WEBB 1,024,756 48.98%

[thegayhare]

If you want live updates you can click here

Its the CBS automatic update
It shows the current count in house and senate as well as govenors along with 2004's totals broken down by party lines along with the change

as of typing this it's Senate dems up by 3 House dems up by 10 Gov dems up by 5

Edit:
Okay sorry to do this but it's 10:18 here and the polls have been closed for an hour but they are still running govenors political ads

[Damaris]

To answer a question before:

You do not have to vote in all the races if you don't want to.  We abstained in all of the judge retention questions, as we knew nothing about the judges and didn't want to hurt or help them.

Next time you might want to call the election board and ask these questions.  That's what they get paid the big bucks to do.  It is hard to vote, though, especially when everything we tend to know about a person is them calling the other person a mean name.  I hate that about politics.

[Darkmoon]

That's why I don't bother watching commercials. Hard to get sucked into the mudslinging when I don't watch it.

Plus, I'm ultra-liberal. I vote Democrat unless it's in a race when my vote isn't as needed. Then I vote Green.

[Cvstos]

CNN, NBC: Democrats Projected To Win House

That alone will have the GOP worried.  With control of the House comes control of committee assignments and subpoena power, which means that the Democrats can force people to testify under oath and force people to turn over evidence.  That means investigation after investigation, exposed scandal after exposed scandal... if they do this right the next 24 months will be much like the last 3-4.

[bill]

I doubt the GOP had any hopes of winning the house anyhow.


Mr. Creepy Books has a slim edge over Mr. Obscure Racial Slurs in VA.


VA SEN [99.75% IN]
R- ALLEN 1,162,327 49.22%
D- WEBB 1,170,686 49.58%

[thegayhare]

cording to CBS there are just 2 senate races that haven't been called yet leaving it 49 R, 47 D and 2 I

I think it would be truely amazing if those last two fell to the dems.  You'd have no clear magority and for once you might actualy see people coming together to work things out