An American election – part 2
Author: Hoger
A quick update.
It’s 6pm in New York and we’re heading to a bar shortly to settle in for the night and watch the election results. The mood here is upbeat and very pro-Obama – as you’d expect from New York City.
I took the picture below at the entry to a polling booth about two hours after voting started this morning. The line you see goes to the end of the block, around corner and all the way down the block and around another corner. The wait was about an hour and a half when we went past. By the time we went back on our way home the line had gone, though there may be a post-work surge.
An Obama volunteer I spoke to said turnout was very strong and she had not previously seen lines this long at that polling station.
Polls in Virginia and Indiana close in an hour. If Obama wins those states and McCain can’t turn Pennsylvania around at 8pm the night will already be over for the Arizona senator. That’s change you can believe in.
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