Yesterday was primary election day in North Carolina. I went out and voted in the early evening. In the best known races I voted for Hillary Clinton for President. She was trounced by Barack Obama, of course. My choice for Governor, Richard Moore, was also trounced. I did vote for Kay Hagan, who won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. I expect she'll get trounced by Elizabeth Dole in the fall. Oh well...
Far more disappointing to me than the results was what a nice old lady who was working at the polls told me. They had a very slow day with very poor turnout. For once North Carolina actually had a say in determining who would be the Democratic nominee for President. We had major statewide races in both parties. In this county we also had a school bond issue on the ballot. You'd think people would come out and vote but at least here they really didn't. I find this sort of voter apathy very troubling, particularly with all the challenges our area and our country as a whole now face. Don't people realize how much the outcome of the 2008 elections will effect our future? I guess not and that is truly sad.
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- Caitlyn Martin
- near Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
- The views of Caitlyn Martin, an Israeli-American IT professional living in North Carolina.
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This is my general purpose blog. There's usually a lot of politics here. Most of the politics is moderate except when it comes to foreign policy, where I tend to be quite conservative.
Whenever I feel I have something to say to the world on almost any subject it could end up here. Then again, sometimes it doesn't.
Whenever I feel I have something to say to the world on almost any subject it could end up here. Then again, sometimes it doesn't.
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