US Election

[dalekboy]

These days I'm lucky if I get to skim LJ, and so may have missed other people who have the same concern I do. I think many of my friends want Obama to win, for all sorts of good reasons. Things are looking good, with many big Republicans even publically supporting him.

But while everyone seems to be hoping for an Obama victory, I have yet to hear anyone express the niggling fear I've had since day one - the bastards stole one election and got clean away with it, who is to say they won't do it again?

Comments

[nephron.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a huge fear in large sections, especially among black and other minority voters.

[dortamur.livejournal.com]

I have the same fear.

After past fiasco's where the obvious winner to the sane world lost by a fraction of a margin, and after seeing numerous documentaries on the seemingly blind zealotry pockets of American societies have for, well, either side... I won't breathe a sigh of relief (or panic) until it's all over and decided for good.

At least if it goes the other way I won't have to move to Canada ^_^ - but I'm sure the outcome will certainly effect the whole world over the next few years.

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

They've apparently got teams of lawyers in places where there was disenfranchisement in previous years making sure that people who are eligible to vote don't get turned away for spurious reasons

[drjon.livejournal.com]

Make that two elections. Bush lost twice.

[dafwarg.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7697829.stm makes the theft look considerably less likely. I'm enjoying Obama's numbers jumping up while McCain's creep slowly. I'm glad for the Electoral College votes this year though - it'd be a much closer race if it was bases soley on people votes as Obama's only a couple of hundred thousand ahead.

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Ironically apparently the republicans are preparing to claim voter fraud with the voting machines. Do they think someone is going to steal their tactics?

[duntov-475hp.livejournal.com]

According to my news on my computer McCain conceded, and they're saying Obama is now The Prez.
I don't have TV, (don't have a home, actually) so I can't really comfirm or deny.

[mireille21.livejournal.com]

I had a similar fear. What I am most surprised by however is that each time they seem to have problems with insufficient pollings stations and/or staff meaning that people who have queued for hours may still not get to cast their vote. I've been watching some of it on TV today, and whilst I haven't seen any reports of that happening, the queues in some places have been astounding. They will never have a truly fair election until the system is set up in such a way that everyone who wants to (and is eligible to) vote, is able to do so. People getting turned away from polling places here is unheard of, it's just unthinkable that it could happen in the US.
Very happy with the result though :)

[stephen-dedman.livejournal.com]

I had the same fear. I suspect the main reason it didn't happen was that the party machine decided it wasn't worth the risk just to get a McCain/Palin victory: better to let a Democrat try to clean up Bush's mess ( http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/black_man_given_nations) and wait until 2012 to blame him for anything that couldn't be fixed.