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11-02-2008, 01:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando | | | What are your plans for Tuesday night?
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PLEASE don't make this political.
I'm just curious how the public spends election day night. It's my first time voting and this feels bigger than the super bowl, BCS championship, or the world series combined. That may be because I'm a sociology major/polysci minor hoping to go into law school then government... But this feels like a really big deal!
I'm going to be Canvassing and phone banking after I get out of class at 12, then I'll be with my friends and we'll watch the coverage. The Daily Show and Colbert Report are going live at 10pm, so I'm sure that's what I will be watching when the official announcement is made...
Depending on how the night turns out, I'll end it with either champagne... or cocktails of the molotov variety   .
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11-02-2008, 01:12 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | I'm a poli-sci major who wants to minor in sociology.
I'm going to be watching the coverage on some big screen while taking part in an experiment held by a TA in my poli 10 class asking us questions about how we feel about candidates and stuff.
And I get paid.
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11-02-2008, 01:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | I am going to be at work until 11:30pm.
My wife is a british citizen so she can't vote. We both hate politics and always change the channel if we are watching TV and something political comes on.
I am voting before work and will probably be checking the news sites as the night progresses.
All of our families are voting the same direction so we may have a BBQ or something to celebrate since we are having an uncommonly warm Autumn so far. We are planning on getting to together anyway later on in the week regardless, but we may have to add a toast. |
11-02-2008, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Boston | | | I already voted (absentee), so I'll probably just do homework with the coverage on in the background until the announcement is made. Then, when the world doesn't end because x candidate wasn't elected, I'll go to bed.
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11-02-2008, 01:32 PM
| | | | Also voted via absentee. One of the political clubs on campus is hosting an election night event, so I may go check that out. The guys in my apartment may also be having a get-together, so I'll probably watch the event with them. Most likely we'll have plenty of alcohol out; it could either be celebratory drinking or angry/depressed drinking depending on who wins.
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11-02-2008, 01:33 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | | *wonders if a game of Pong is in order* |
11-02-2008, 01:34 PM
|  | *******er Emeritus(does anyone remember that? No?) | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Houston, Texas | | | I'm debating two different scenarios:
1. Go to the [deleted] Party election party featuring several local candidates, including our current house representative.
2. Throw a ridiculous hoe-down at my house. Best case scenario: Ring in the candidate I want to win with a serious bash. Worst case scenario: I can practice my drinking if the candidate I don't like wins.
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11-02-2008, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by steve21 *wonders if a game of Pong is in order* | +1
And I have Wednesday off! 
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11-02-2008, 01:36 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Glendale & La Jolla, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Vince S. +1
And I have Wednesday off! | I have 9:00 am class on Wednesday... but that hasn't stopped me before.
Going to class with a hangover might not be as good as going to class without a hangover, but it's better than not going to class.
But I'd rather get paid than play pong... so...  |
11-02-2008, 01:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | | 1. Leave work early to vote .
2. Go home and watch the election returns, hoping that the least crappy candidate wins.
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11-02-2008, 01:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago/Boston | | | I'm going into Chicago for Obamafest. I didn't get an official ticket, but I'm going to try to get as close as I can.
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11-02-2008, 01:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | | I'm very much into politics and I always vote, but I can't stomach the dumbed-down commentary that saturates the air waves on election night. And I don't have a TV in my house.
I'll check online sometime in the evening to see who won and if there is no winner by the time I hit the hay, then I'll find out who won the next day before I head to work. Since I'm planning on throwing my vote away on a presidential candidate who isn't on the ballot, I have no plans for either celebration or outrage (depending on the outcome) like a lot of people do on election night. It's just another night to me.
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11-02-2008, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norway | | | I'll follow the coverage on CNN into the night. When is the result made official? |
11-02-2008, 01:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by XtreO I'll follow the coverage on CNN into the night. When is the result made official? | Depends on how long it takes to count votes, if a recount is needed, ballots are lost etc.
We as a populace will generally know the result Tuesday night. Officially depends on the circumstances. |
11-02-2008, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norway | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fenderhutz Depends on how long it takes to count votes, if a recount is needed, ballots are lost etc.
We as a populace will generally know the result Tuesday night. Officially depends on the circumstances. | Ok, cheers. Then I'll just check when I wake up - that should be around Tuesday night UTC-8. |
11-02-2008, 02:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | Hopefully I will be playing my new bass that's due to be delivered on Tues. |
11-02-2008, 03:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southampton | | | I will be in the local bar until 3am, the fact that the coverage is on there is purely coincidental. |
11-02-2008, 03:12 PM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | | I'll be glued to the TV and 'puter watching early results.
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11-02-2008, 03:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Atoz 1. Leave work early to vote .
2. Go home and watch the election returns, hoping that the least crappy candidate wins. | +1
And I will add
3. - Realize both of them will do nothing.
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11-02-2008, 03:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CapnSev +1
And I will add
3. - Realize both of them will do nothing. | The OP asked nicely to keep this civil.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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