On voting for the good of the country: A very conservative professor at my uni told me the other day that his/her vote would be for Obama because his positions on social justice issues . Clearly s/he has issues with abortion and same sex marriage, but s/he couldn't throw the poor under the bus to get there. It was a jaw dropping admission.

GRONK. AWAKE AT 4 AM. WHYYYY? (KHHHHHAAANNNN!)

Because Ohio is under the control of the Weeping Angels! Every time you blink they disenfranchise a gay female unionised auto worker! (The same worker. She's really getting sick of it.) STAAAAY AWAAAAAKE!!

I'm up at 3am. Sammy is congested and can't sleep and I'm nervous about tomorrow. Why dad asked me tonight why any woman would vote for Romney. Good point, I said!

Anyway, back to getting Sammy to sleep....one day more! (I hope!!)

eta; Sparky, that's impressive. My church has several people motivated by justice issues although I think they are mostly just liberal.

I AM awake! I even have worked for an hour already.

And I am registered as an independent, and am actually voting for one Republican! Because I agree with 75% of her voting record on many issues and the other candidate is...um...challenged and seems woefully inept, although a Dem?

All right, prepping to schlep self to polls! Wish me quick lines!

In line to vote. About twenty people ahead of me. Definitely a shorter line than 2008.

I should go outside and see if there's a line yet.

Can you leave a space on a ballot unmarked?

Yes, FTR.

On the not telling kids they are wrong thing, I heard something interesting at work about how, in sports, kids learn to work through failure and get better, but a lot of them don't learn that in school. This was in the context of poor kids who fail once and figure it's all over, but I think also applies to smart kids who get told they are great constantly. It doesn't help anyone actually learn if they never hear "that's wrong, but you can work to get it right." I'm still grateful I took the hard Physics class in high school and learned that lesson then.

Question for the (other) political tragics: which websites will you be obsessively refreshing today/tonight? My websites skew to the wonkish:

Sam Wang: [link]

Nate Silver: [link]

Electoral Vote: [link]

That last website is promising to update its maps (Presidential and Senate) as results come in. Could look pretty skewy when you're at, say, 3% of the vote counted; but should be interesting to see the picture unfold.

My mom voted at 6:30 and got in and out, no line. In another county, but still. I am eating a bagel and then going to go vote. And then have the jitters all day.

Unrelatedly, I had a dream last night that the Beatles were performing with a marching band, playing "Light My Fire." Even within the dream, everyone knew that was a world of wrong.

In Rochester I have never experienced lines. I just voted and I was number 22. I miss the old style voting machines