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tsukinofaeriiOBAMA WON THE ELECTION. WOOHOO.
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MORE COHERENT STUFF LATER OMG YAY. COHERENT STUFF STARTS NOW GUYS.
I'm trying to keep down my political spam right now. My flist is flooded, and while it brings a tear to my eye to see so many people I know highly interested in the elections, I don't want to annoy the people who would like the rest of us to stop screaming already. Honestly, sometimes I feel like a lone junkie out here in Florida. Most of my political interest came from my parents, and I'm not exactly as close to them as I used to me. So it makes me insanely happy to see so many people involved, interested and voting. ♥ But still, trying to be understanding here, so I'm editing rather than posting again.
I have to say, I am so damn proud of America. Not for voting Democrat (historically, we would have eventually), or for voting in a black man for the first time (though publicly casting off centuries of racial prejudice en masse is amazing), or even going liberal (homg THE L WORD!).
No, we actually got out there and voted. And that makes me tear up. I don't know the numbers (I'm looking for them), but record voter turnout was expected for this year. No matter what side you were pulling for, how you voted or what your politics, I think we can all share in that joy. America has a long, long history of lower turnout. And while we can go on and on about the reasons for it, the fact is that a lot of people who would have otherwise stayed home got out there and made themselves heard. I hope (pray!) that we reached an actual good percentage of voters who exercised their rights, but even better than what we've done in the past.
2004 was a record year for voter turn out—the highest since 1968. And in that election, only 60% of the eligible population took part. Three-fifths of voting-age-and-eligible US citizens decided the contest for the rest of us. At least it was over half that year. Sometimes it isn't. This year we're expected to beat that.
I don't know what caused the change. The downturn in the economy? The charisma of the candidates? The mind-cracking amount of money spent on ads? Whatever it was, I hope it keeps up. So no matter what you voted, let's spread that joy around.
WE DID IT.
I♥U AMERICA
ETA: OMG WHITE HOUSE PUPPEH!!!!
Sorry, I just had to get that out.
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I'm trying to keep down my political spam right now. My flist is flooded, and while it brings a tear to my eye to see so many people I know highly interested in the elections, I don't want to annoy the people who would like the rest of us to stop screaming already. Honestly, sometimes I feel like a lone junkie out here in Florida. Most of my political interest came from my parents, and I'm not exactly as close to them as I used to me. So it makes me insanely happy to see so many people involved, interested and voting. ♥ But still, trying to be understanding here, so I'm editing rather than posting again.
I have to say, I am so damn proud of America. Not for voting Democrat (historically, we would have eventually), or for voting in a black man for the first time (though publicly casting off centuries of racial prejudice en masse is amazing), or even going liberal (homg THE L WORD!).
No, we actually got out there and voted. And that makes me tear up. I don't know the numbers (I'm looking for them), but record voter turnout was expected for this year. No matter what side you were pulling for, how you voted or what your politics, I think we can all share in that joy. America has a long, long history of lower turnout. And while we can go on and on about the reasons for it, the fact is that a lot of people who would have otherwise stayed home got out there and made themselves heard. I hope (pray!) that we reached an actual good percentage of voters who exercised their rights, but even better than what we've done in the past.
2004 was a record year for voter turn out—the highest since 1968. And in that election, only 60% of the eligible population took part. Three-fifths of voting-age-and-eligible US citizens decided the contest for the rest of us. At least it was over half that year. Sometimes it isn't. This year we're expected to beat that.
I don't know what caused the change. The downturn in the economy? The charisma of the candidates? The mind-cracking amount of money spent on ads? Whatever it was, I hope it keeps up. So no matter what you voted, let's spread that joy around.
WE DID IT.
I♥U AMERICA
ETA: OMG WHITE HOUSE PUPPEH!!!!
Sorry, I just had to get that out.
