Is it me or has this election really energized the electorate in a unique way this time around? Perhaps it is just where i am living now --Virginia a "swing state" that has historically been a "red" state and appears to be turning blue-ish. I have never been called so many times by a candidate (Barack Obama too many to count and once by McPalin), the candidate's wife (Michelle Obama), or campaign volunteers --mainly Obama campaign volunteers -- to remind me to vote over the last three months. At least once every three days. Multiply that by the population of my neighborhood, or the county of Arlington, or the state of Virginia and that is a lot of reminders to vote! Anyway, it has worked.
I have never seen so many people standing in line to vote. I have never seen so many people waving signs to vote for a candidate. My husband woke up at 5:00am to go vote. My son went with him! I saw families waving signs together in the street! The cutest i have to say was the small family on the corner of Spout Run and Lee Highway (major, major intersection near our house)...mom, dad, and 6 year old child waving signs to the cars as they passed by. They were so cute, i honked the car several times as I passed them and they smiled and started to wave their signs faster.
Tres has voted with us in every election since he was born in 2004 (last presidential election; Virginia Gubernatorial election). Today i took Mia with me to vote for the first time in her life. To think that her first election included a woman and an African American on the ticket for the second and first time ever is incredible. She will likely have the luxury of taking it for granted that this is not big thing...but it is.
No matter what your party affiliation, the fact that people were out there today exercising their right to vote and at least in Virginia, more than before is exciting. And this election, historic. Again, no matter what your party affiliation. This election is what it is. Historic!
I have never seen so many people standing in line to vote. I have never seen so many people waving signs to vote for a candidate. My husband woke up at 5:00am to go vote. My son went with him! I saw families waving signs together in the street! The cutest i have to say was the small family on the corner of Spout Run and Lee Highway (major, major intersection near our house)...mom, dad, and 6 year old child waving signs to the cars as they passed by. They were so cute, i honked the car several times as I passed them and they smiled and started to wave their signs faster.
Tres has voted with us in every election since he was born in 2004 (last presidential election; Virginia Gubernatorial election). Today i took Mia with me to vote for the first time in her life. To think that her first election included a woman and an African American on the ticket for the second and first time ever is incredible. She will likely have the luxury of taking it for granted that this is not big thing...but it is.
No matter what your party affiliation, the fact that people were out there today exercising their right to vote and at least in Virginia, more than before is exciting. And this election, historic. Again, no matter what your party affiliation. This election is what it is. Historic!
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