Connecticut DUers! PLEASE Keep Us Informed During Today!

[matcom]

Let us know how turnout is in your polling place, the mood of the people, the ratio of Lamont to Lieberman support of those you talk to etc...

PLEASE KEEP US UP TO SPEED!!

use this thread to tell the rest of us how things are going and GO KICK SOME JOEMENTUM TODAY!

GOOD LUCK :bounce:

[LynzM]

1. delete

n/t

[calico1]

2. A reporter on the local news said that

a lot of voters are saying the war is their main motivation for voting. One woman said that she felt we went to Iraq with wrong information and too many people had died already. This was in West Hartford. Of course its early and that polling place was a bit slow. I am heading out in about 15 minutes.

[matcom]

3. thanks calico

every little bit of info helps the rest of us :applause:

[WhollyHeretic]

4. I'm heading for the polls right now

I won't be able to get back on DU 'till after work though. I'll be calling friends and family every free moment I have at work though to get people out and voting.

[bigscott]

5. voting after work today

left before the polls opened - I got 5 calls last night - all automated of course - hung up on all of them - don't care who they were from - sick of the BS -

GO NED!!!!

[femmedem]

6. We're getting some reports of voters being turned away:

People who switched from Unaffiliated not having their new voter reg forms processed in time.

http://ctbob.blogspot.com/

[matcom]

7. FUCK!

get reporters on this! call ANYONE and EVERYONE and report ANYTHING suspicious!

do NOT let them steal this!

[Buttercup McToots]

8. I voted this morning...

Got my sticker...there were a few people there, but I live in a very small town.
But get this...a guy I work with who is a totally disgusted Republican...he is gonna vote Dem
next time around cause he is pissed...he got a call from Joe!...Long 10 min automated call...
Is Joe going thru the repub lists and calling them in?

***Ned Instead!"

[kerry-is-my-prez]

27. That could be Repubs also - tryining to create trouble....

n/t

[jonnyblitz]

9. My sister and I just voted. There were two Lamont people

standing outside the polling place trying to guage who people were going to vote for, not offically exit polling, and they claim ,so far, most people seem to be voting for Lamont. This was at 8AM so it's too soon to say what that means. This isn't that big of a town, the only thing here is Mohegan Sun Casino. There were no Lieberman people at the polling place.

so, 2 more votes for Lamont. :thumbsup: :hi:

[LynzM]

13. I voted, too!

Hi jonny! :hi:

Two Lamont people and a Malloy person outside my polling place, and I'll be standing outside once I get out of work this evening!

[jonnyblitz]

14. today is going to be long.

I get all wound up on election days. this one is especially intense. my stomach is in knots. :scared:

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Oh, make my day; oh, make my day; oh, make my day!!!!

I want to believe in the net roots, I really do.

Clap, clap. Clap, clap. Clap, clap. Clap, clap.

[TayTay]

11. I know what you mean.

I'm sitting on pins and needles in Mass, waiting for the results.

For the world is full of zanies and fools who don't believe in sensible rules and won't believe what sensible people say
And because these daft and dewey eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes Impossible things are happening every day.

[IndyOp]

12. Please continue to believe in the net roots no matter what happens today..

The net roots are THE reason why Lamont is a factor in today's primary - and thus a factor in why the corporate media seems to be pulling it's communal head out of it's communal asshole to ask WHY? WHY? WHY are people supporting Lamont?

Net-grass-roots -> :applause:

Beyond that, the net-roots, it seems to me, have become a really *obvious* factor on the GROUND - last night I dropped by a friend's house and caught a glimpse of the evening news and there was a little girl at a Lamont rally waving a Democracy for America sign! I have no clue whether the corporate media realized that that little girl was a member of the much maligned net-roots, but there she was!

:bounce:

[Throckmorton]

15. I Voted Ned this Morning at 6:30.

Screw Holy Joe.

[matcom]

16. KICK!

:kick:

[Cha]

17. Kick for

Connecticut voters for Lamont! :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[underpants]

18. YEAH GO LAMONT!!

[matcom]

19. boink

[Skidmore]

22. matcom, this is a family site....no

boinking allowed unless you're married and not gay.

:)

[julialnyc]

20. I just voted

I am happy to have cast a vote for Ned, but a bit nervous that I was one of only three people there voting--- or trying to vote. One lady there hadn't changed her affiliation in time (and I don't think it was any wrong doing-- she was a Republican and the deadline passed ages ago to change your party and she thought she could just do it on the spot).

I saw both Lamont and Lieberman signs outside (Lamont had a slight edge with the signage), but by far there were the most Malloy signs. All and all it was pretty dead over at the polling. I hope the after work crowd is bigger (I'm going back there later to watch after my friend's baby while she votes. I do live in a very Republican town, so maybe turnout won't be so high here.

[femmedem]

21. Just anecdotal but...

I'm a vendor at the New London Farmers' Market, so I got to see a lot of people today. People were saying the turnout in their districts was light. I was shocked. I will say that I didn't talk to anyone who said they voted for Lieberman. Not one. Even the old farmer next to me, who voted at 6:05 a.m. and who I thought might have been part of Lamont's base, said, "Joe's gotta go."

One of my customers said his car was broken, but he walked two miles to vote for Ned. How many of Joe's supporters would be willing to do that, I wonder?

I did ask one customer--a former New London mayor who's been campaigning for Lamont, how the New London campaign seemed to be running. Folks, they could use some help for the November election, if we make it through today. They were short-handed. No poll watchers. I'm feeling badly that I've been too busy (running two businesses, and it's crunch time for both) to do more than write a LTTE and call a few friends, but I'm vowing now to help in the general election. You all heard me! Feel free to hold my feet to the fire.

[julialnyc]

23. Turnout was low where I was

but I'm hoping that the after work crowd will be large. I live in a commuter town of NYC, so hopefully the end of the day will get a boost in my district.

[jpkenny]

24. Do you think the turn out is low because Joe's folks are waiting to vote

for him as an Independent along with the Republicans? That way they can really screw the Dems?

[femmedem]

32. Not really.

I don't think Joe's supporters are interested in screwing Dems. It's more like they don't feel much sense of urgency, because they figure they'll get their chance to vote for him in November, regardless of how this turns out today.

[hogwyld]

25. Kick!

Go Ned!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[julialnyc]

26. I'm on pins and needles!

and driving by the polling place every hour to see turnout (not so big so far.... but the commuters should be getting home now)

[Jazz2006]

28. Kick - for continued visibility

Thanks for the updates, Connecticut DUers!

[WI_DEM]

29. do polls close at 8 or 9 Eastern time?

[julialnyc]

30. 8 pm

N/T

[julialnyc]

31. I just went to the polling place again

I went with my sister-in-law so that I could watch her baby when she went in. I guess she passed by some Lamont people on her way in the door (and let them know that she is a Lamont voter who got third degree from her sister-in-law who was in the car), because a very nice lady come over to the car to thank me for bringing my sis to the polls and gave me stickers.

It still wasn't very busy when we arrived, but it was really picking up as we were leaving (and that's something in this ultra-Republican town).

[femmedem]

33. What town are you in, if you don't mind my asking?

Or, if you don't want to be so specific, do you live in a rural, suburban or urban area?

Reason is, I'm hearing about record turn-out in the 'burbs, and lower turn-out in the cities, and wondering if this is good or bad news for Ned.

[julialnyc]

35. In the burbs

I'm in New Canaan (very Republican-- actually Ann Coultergeist's home town)

[bigwillq]

34. I voted at 3 p.m.

The woman at the desk said turnout was steady. It was slow when I got there though.

There were no supporters outside or anything.


GO NED GO! :bounce: