2000 was the worst for me. I couldn't believe the outright theft of the election. It was maddening. 2004 was bad and disheartening, but I was already fully embittered by then.

2000 was worst for me because it was the first presidential election that I could vote in, and I'd sent in my application to get an absentee ballot from NJ, but the absentee ballot never came, so I didn't get to vote. (Well, the ballot arrived in January, postmarked in October. Never did figure out what was up with that.) It was also really irritating for me because one of my college friends was from Florida, and would have voted for Gore, but he didn't bother with getting an absentee ballot, because "It's a pain, and one vote won't matter."

2000 just sort of fired me up with throw-the-bum-OUT rage. And I assumed the rest of the country shared my feelings, which is why 2004 felt like a damn betrayal.

2000 and 2004 were both no sleep watching election returns and the feeling terrible about them times. Bleh.

Aleve is not getting rid of this headache. Should I try a second cup of coffee or leftover Halloween candy as my next step in medication?

2004 was running off war fever and vengeance, too many people liked Bush/Cheney's witch hunt. We're a sadly vengeful people.

My county was one of the few in Central PA to vote for the democrat for governor, but I'm not really sure how much of that was because of his political views and how much was people upset at how Corbett handled the Sandusky scandal and NCAA sanctions. (My county is usually the purple spot in a sea of red, because of the university.)

2000 was the worst for me. I couldn't believe the outright theft of the election.

Yeah. Plus all that bullshit was dragged out over almost two months.

2000 was also the first election where I followed the campaigns closely. I couldn't believe how the media focused on the stupid "Gore is a liar" thing, despite being untrue and despite all of Bush's lies. Now I'm much more resigned to biased media.

Plus there was the sucker-punch of the media initially declaring Florida for Gore.

Corbett won my county with 66%. I was prepared for it to be more lopsided.

The bigger shocker was Hogan's win in MD. No one really saw that coming.

Wolf won Centre county with 57%, Clinton county with 53%, and Cambria county with 54%. All counties containing or adjacent to Penn State. The rest of the middle of the state was red.

And, not totally related to anything, but can I just say how goddam sick I am of people STILL writing letters and editorials and stuff in the local papers about how the NCAA needs to "give Joe back his wins"? A few local candidates actually had that as part of their platforms.