I Rocked the Vote Early for Obama!
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Last Thursday, October 23, I went to the first day of early voting at the J. Everett Light Career Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thinking I could vote quickly right after work, I was gravely mistaken. I waited in line for a total of two and a half hours.
As you can see from the pictures, the line wrapped up and down a couple hallways. It felt like Disney World, where you thought the end was near just to turn the corner to find the line continues down another room.
Even though the wait was long, the vigor was high for Senator Barack Obama. I didn’t hear one person say they were voting McCain, and there were a lot of people talking.
There was a passion within these voters that was severely lacking four years ago. With the majority of Democrats voting out of angst against George W. Bush last election, I’ve seen people supporting and now voting out of hope for Barack Obama.
The lack of passion was the fundamental reason I believe Kerry lost in 2004. Those votes weren’t really for him, they were against Bush. And with that lack of passion and the way the polls made it sound like a Kerry victory in those last days before November 4, many people didn’t vote.
The 2004 election proves that hate doesn’t prevail. Like many others, I voted early out of hope and passion, and that’s why I believe Senator Barack Obama will be our next president.
