I Don’t Hate America!

A while ago I returned from Glendale Elementary School in Savage for my precinct caucus.  At this location were seven of Savage’s eight precincts and a Elko-New Market and Credit River.  Two of Savage’s traditionally low-turining precincts were initially combined into one room.  Elko, New Market, New Market Township and Credit River were all combined into one room.

I arrived at about 6:00pm to volunteer with the efforts and noticed three parking spots available.

Three.

Yes, balloting was not even scheduled to start for another 30 mins and the place was PACKED!  Cars ended up parked on sidewalks, the basketball court and in the lot of a townhome complex down the block.  I knew there would be tremendous turnout tonight but no one had any idea it would be like this.  It didn’t take long until additional sign-in sheets needed to be obtained.  Construction paper needed to be used in-place of the official ballots.

Soon Savage precincts 7 and 8 were split up, and the Elko/New Market/New Market Township/Credit River group was jammed into one room uncomfortably.

851 people cast presidential preference ballots at this one location (of four in Senate District 35).  Estimates said there may have been 600 across the ENTIRE district in 2004.

My precinct was Savage-7 (of which I am now the chair, woo-hoo!) and the final tally was 74 votes for Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton’s 38.  The entire senate district showed 1592 for Obama to 921 for Clinton.  I’m quite pleased with these results.  I wish the results from California were more in his favor, but you can’t win ‘em all.

Whatever the results from tonight though, this aint over yet!

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