Wisconsin Update thread: C'mon in for hot cocoa

[riverwalker]

Tell us your voting story.

[caseycoon]

1. I just clicked in to see the voting stories....

so may I drink hot cocoa with you while we wait?
:hi:

[sybylla]

2. Not much to tell in my rural precinct, but turnout will be much higher than normal

for a cold, primary day in central Wisconsin. Numbers when my son voted at 11:30 suggest this will top the "average" general election in turnout but will not be a record.

Since the campaigns worked harder to push turnout in metro areas, this is still good in my opinion.

[caseycoon]

3. Thanks! Big turnout is good news!

Hope you're staying warm.

[sybylla]

5. Warm is definitely the goal

I've been sick with a cold for a week now and tired of it. But we've had so much of this below zero crap this year that I think I'm getting used to it.

We've started a class action law suit against Winter in the Wisconsin forum. Check it out. It's pretty funny.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=186x23855

[caseycoon]

18. LOL! I especially loved the poem.

I lived up there for about 4 years. (in the olden days)
Reading the poem brought it all back.
:D

[pansypoo53219]

4. but but but

i had a better one from nov,'06. a little white girl with blinking tennis shoes coming out with parents after voting and a black family going in to vote and she seees her black classmate and they were SO HAPPY to see each other outside of class and hugged and it was so sweet. its a very special memory.

[meow mix]

6. mm cocoa

ty, looking forward to seeing some returns =)

[JoDog]

20. Can I have

a shot of brandy in mine?

[samdogmom]

7. No stories from me...I went in at 10 a.m.--hoping to beat the crowds!

I was successful--only an elderly couple in front of me. BUT...I was voter 161 at 10 a.m.! That's big! I live in a very little town in Wisconsin--sometimes there are only a few hundred voters total in an election. SO.....while I have no direct evidence besides my voting number--I'm predicting that Wisconsin turnout is great!

[lapfog_1]

8. When do the polls close? n/t

[samdogmom]

9. 8 p.m. n/t

[lapfog_1]

14. Thanks... stay warm!

It's 66 and sunny here in AZ.

(ok, that was a cheap shot!)

[rodeodance]

10. Early exit poll here:***********

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject With conservative talk radio in WI urging Republicans to
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4660178#4661632
4661632, With conservative talk radio in WI urging Republicans to
Posted by Skwmom on Tue Feb-19-08 12:15 PM

vote for Clinton, I'm sure she'll do okay. I googled exit polls and came across this.

http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1162

Wisconsin exit poll data:

12pm - Expect this to be a tight race between Obama and Clinton with the possibility of upset. Hillary Clinton may have closed the gap in the past two days. On the GOP side, remember that John McCain always under-performs in the early exit polls.

(February 19th, 2008.)

A poster posted the following:

Wisconsin conservative talk show hosts are encouraging conservative voters to vote for Hillary Clinton in today’s primary. If you don’t want Hillary to be the next president, then do not cross-over and vote for her in the primary. All polls indicate that the Dems are likely to take back to the White House this year - Wisconsin could be the push Obama needs to stop Clinton once and for all. CROSSOVER TO CLINTON AT YOUR OWN RISK!

[MadBadger]

11. Steady crowd at Gordon Commons on the Campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Everyone was being helped, seated at a table either registering, or getting their ballot. This was at 12:00 CT. Looks to me like a decent turnout for those college kids at a place where a lot of the freshman live.

[rodeodance]

12. its 5 below where i am-hot cocoa sounds good

[Catherine Vincent]

16. It's 67 degrees where I am.

:)

[rodeodance]

17. i really am envious. dang---its been a long winter here.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. Wisconsin's Primary is today?

I didn't know that. Thanks.

[4themind]

15. cocoa?

You just gave me an idea...

[ExtraGriz]

19. looking forward to seeing the wisconsin results...

its 50 here in maine....ayuh, t-shirt weather. :-)