In all the years I've lived in Santa Monica, this year's election has, by far, the biggest turnout. I'm hearing similar stories from other parts of the country. Sounds like it might bode well for Kerry, although with the usual dirty tricks at polling places in Ohio and elsewhere, it's too close to call.
http://spinachdip.blogspot.com/2004/11/happy-e-day.html That's the view from my office - the library across the street is a polling station. That's is how it looked from morning rush to lunch hour. The line on the street was gone by 2:30 though.
Checked out a few polling places around Baltimore County - rarely a line out the door ... but it could have been different this morning I guess.
Lines were unreal in DC. I was on the bus to work and every polling place had lines wrapping around the block (one line had to have had at least 250 people in line). Pretty impressive, astually, though the outcome is also not in doubt in DC...
Same here, unreal how long the lines were... The wait was between 1.5 to 2 hours! Again, there is no way Texas can swing, so.... its rather pointless as far as democrats are concerned... maybe help thier fight in recognizing a popular vote instead of the electoral system? who knows.
I have never seen my polling place have lines at 10 am, but there were this year, and maryland isn't even a contested state.
I had virtually no line at all. Ten minutes max. Usually, I wait at least 1 hour and sometimes 2+. I was a little perplexed as to why the lines were so short. Of course, I went at 1pm when typically I would go in later afternoon (3pm) or evening (6pm).
Of course, it's just as possible that voter turnout is much higher among Republicans this year as well. Turnout is reportedly high all over the country, including heavily Republican areas. I don't think that the increased turnout will carry the same benefit for Dems as it normally would, honestly.