Now get out and vote. Every presidential election has significant and long lasting effects. Your choice (or if you end up not voting, your silent assent) will affect everything from defense policy, foreign policy, and economic policy, to court nominations and domestic spending and priorities.
The polls are open all along the East Coast, and the early word is that the polling places are extremely busy. Good. They were extremely busy in 2004 too, back when pundits and pollsters were saying that this would favor the Democrats. Turns out that President Bush won reelection. Turnout may also seriously influence the polls, depending on what models and data they used.
Speaking of pollsters, Gallup reports that only two percent say that Obama is qualified or experienced.
TWO PERCENT.
Two percent also think that McCain would bring change or a fresh approach. The media and the Obama campaign have done quite well in painting the Maverick as a continuation of President Bush's policies and have similarly found that Obama is inexperienced, but apparently hope for change trumps actual experience. We'll see soon enough if the polls and exit polls match what the voters actually did. There are more than enough reasons to question the polling data and methods and how the pollsters have arrived at their divinations.
Among battleground states, Colorado looms large. There are quite a few ballot initiatives in play there, including several tax related items. Michelle Malkin notes several other states with key initiatives and ballot questions.
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