Early voters: what was the most satisfying thing about voting for Obama?

[Rocknrule]

For me it was both casting a ballot in an important swing state and sending my pro-Obama mom (and my pro-McCain dad) an email simply announcing "I voted for Obama today!"

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Making my own tiny contribution to the rescue of America.

[Kittycat]

2. Finding out that while I was in voting... My little boy

who was waiting in the lobby with Daddy, asked where I was. My husband responded 'in there' referring to the voting room. And my son then announced loudly in the lobby, that Momma was in the "Obama Room".

[azmouse]

3. Knowing that I was doing the right thing.

:patriot:

[TBF]

4. Saving wolves & polar bears by voting against Palin. n/t

[lame54]

5. I didn't feel as good as I should have...

I felt proud voting for Obama and then looked at the Diebold emblem on the machine and thought "It's in your hands now"

[Arugula Latte]

6. We all vote by mail here, so it's not as dramatic as some stories, but

I swear, I've never taken so much trouble to fill in a little oval. I got a very fine-tipped black pen and just ever so carefully outlined that sucker and filled it in with the care of a microsurgeon. Then, I must have compulsively checked about ten times that I'd marked the correct oval, that my brain hadn't somehow switched off and made me vote for the Constitution candidate or something. :rofl:

[AuntPatsy]

7. As another poster stated, helping abet in a small way to ensure we

get our country back from those criminals.....the local convenience stores are selling democratic, Obama Biden pens that have little flags that can be pulled out from them, they are so cute...I went on and on about them while I was buying them and laughing about those umm other ones, the store was full and for once I didn't care WHO heard me here in Texas..I stated quite loudly that anyone voting for mcfading and company are nothing more than idiots and have no business calling themselves Americans....the ladies working at the store joined in with me..I didn't mean to hold anyone up but only one scowl was seen by a petty woman, the rest were all smiling....I honestly do not believe that Obama has not won Texas..if it comes out that he did not than its obvious that there was something foul afoot here, I have seen a ratio of 10 to 1 signs for Obama...its been heartwarming and quite amazing....

[ddeclue]

8. That I'd worked on most of the Dem campaigns listed on the front page

of my ballot and knew most of them personally and felt some ownership.

I am happy to elect Obama although he doesn't really fit into the same category of having known them personally. I've seen him speak twice both times from the other side of a very large room.

I worked on Edwards campaign during the primary and got to meet him and get my pic with him but not Obama (althought I have canvassed for Obama).

Doug D.

[5thGenDemocrat]

9. I suppose it was getting in and out in ten minutes

Had four people ahead of us and, by the time we left, another six behind us.
John
Polly and I will be taking voters to the polls on Election Day -- I'm even renting a minivan to do it. Seventy bucks seems a small enough price for participatory democracy.

[votetastic]

10. The fact that I was one of the only white people voting there

and there were over 150 people there to vote on early Saturday morning.

[pizoxuat]

11. Feeling my baby kicking my ribs as I filled out my ballot

And knowing that I was voting for her future.

[abumbyanyothername]

12. Maybe I am just old fashioned but . . .

it just felt good to be a part of a wave that was rolling back Reaganism on so many fronts.

[Teacher in SC]

13. Knowing I was making a difference and getting it done.

I'm in a red state but it's important to still do what you can. I've got my yard sign stuffed with foam core board and nailed to a tree because there are no wires available anywhere. It looks great! (I was able to take down my homemade sign I'd downloaded from the Obama site.) My husband had found someone in the neighborhood with an Obama sign so we drove there on the way to dinner and asked the owner where he'd gotten his sign. Turned out he had an extra one w/o wire he'd brought down from New Jersey! He gave it to me, and we took care of it and made a friend in the process! So far it has survived. Don't know how things will go on Halloween. This makes about 3 Obama signs we are aware of in our neighborhood. There are quite a few McCain signs, but not like you'd expect. I'm really wondering if some of these people are going to vote for Obama after all! The other signs they do have are for Democratic candidates in other races. It could be that they just couldn't get an Obama sign since the office was closed here some time back, or they don't want to "advertise" to their neighbors that they are voting for Obama!