Tell HN: If there is one shocker on election night, it's Georgia.

Re:Tell HN: If there is one shocker on election night, it's ... by Alex3917 on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @09:36AM (#353443)

I was in college for the last two elections. If I walked all the way across campus on election day, I'd only see maybe a couple other people wearing "I voted today" stickers. I'm not there today to compare, but at least based on Facebook activity it seems like the turnout is going to be WAY bigger.

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Re:Tell HN: If there is one shocker on election night, it's ... by dmr83457 on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @09:52AM (#353467)

I heard some figure recently that in polling in previous years about 36% of students registered to vote said they are actually voting. This year it is around 88%, and that doesn't consider an increase in students registered.

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Re:Tell HN: If there is one shocker on election night, it's ... by dnaquin on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @11:32AM (#353568)

Keep in mind that lots of college students vote absentee.

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Re:Tell HN: If there is one shocker on election night, it's ... by chris11 on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @12:31PM (#353634)

I'm currently in college right now, and this is the first election I've been able to vote in. This also the first election where I've donated any money to a campaign. I also have noticed a lot of activity at my college. Hopefully it carries over into other elections.

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Re:Tell HN: If there is one shocker on election night, it's ... by hugh on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @09:46AM (#353460)

I clicked the "I voted" button just to make it go away. (I didn't vote, of course, cuz I'm not a US citizen. Erm, not that that's gonna stop some people...)

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