Primaries
High Turnout in Pennsylvania
By Krissah Williams
GLENSIDE, Pa. -- At Precinct 1.2 in Glenside, Pa., turnout by 4 p.m. had surpassed the full day of voting on April 27, 2004 -- the last time a presidential primary was held here.
There has been no flood of people but 352 people cast ballots by 6 p.m. in a steady trickle throughout the day. Poll workers think they could see twice as many voters as usual before polls close at 8 p.m.
"It's all anecdotal, but we're hearing that there are higher turnouts than in past primaries" across the state, said Leslie Amoros, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of State. She added that there are 8.3 million people registered to vote in the Pennsylvania primary, a historic high.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting higher than usual vote totals at the University of Pennsylvania, as well. A dozen students stood in line there this afternoon, and in one polling place a hundred voters had cast ballots before lunch time -- many more than usual, the newspaper reported.
The Committee of Seventy, a voter watchdog group with poll watchers across the state, also called turnout "exceedingly high" and is on alert for malfunctions with voting machines and long lines as the work day ends and people head to the polls.
Swift turnout today has been helped across the state by the sunny, pleasant 70 degree weather.
Posted at 6:16 PM ET on Apr 22, 2008
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Posted by: ofnqkyc5fx | April 27, 2008 8:30 AM
one comment..she is a liar!! She's a disgrace for women...staying with her husband only for power!!!
If she had BALLS, she would have left him a long time ago..especially after Lewinsky story!!!
Posted by: doms | April 24, 2008 11:09 PM
Democracy is not harmful to the democratic process. Let people vote. Obama "brought new voters to the polls." Record turnout and still Obama lost. "I am not predicting a win, but this is going to be closer than..." No, it was not close. Clinton won by over 200,000 votes. Obama came in second, whining all the way. He is clever and a good strategist and has a lot of money and all the college kids and celebrities and Senator Casey but he still lost. He had Ted and all the Kennedys and John Kerry and still lost Mass. Clinton made a big mistake by not trying to win every state and teaching her supporters how to caucus and yet there she is. The caucus process is much less democratic than the continuing primary process. There will be no caucus in November. Florida and Michigan will have millions of votes in November that count (unless they are stolen again). Obama says we have transended this and transcended that but you cannot transcend the importance of winning the big states besides your own. The electoral college is winner take all. Winning California and NY and NJ and Texas, and Ohio and New Mexico and Pennsylvania and Mass and Arkansas will count a bit more than Idaho and Wyoming and Kansas in reality. If Obama wants to win and feels he is the best candidate then take on all comers on every battlefield. He needs to demand that Florida and Michigan get to vote and get their votes fully counted. They can put him over the top or and answer all questions of electability
Posted by: DAN | April 23, 2008 7:27 PM
Hilary is so desperate to win that she is willing to using anything possible even damaging the image of the Democratic Party as long as Obama is not there to lead it.
It is hard for the Clintons to accept that the young Americans are sick and tired of the status quo and want change.
With Obama, the country will not be ahostage to the likes of McCain who has nothing fresh to bring except old Neocon ideas that are leading the country from one disaster to another.
Obama is the man that will bring a fresh look to the American image worldwide and will invite others to take responsibility and to cooperate for a stable world.
This is what America needs not a woman who is so desperate to compete with ther husband and what he achieved that she is willing to prostitute the ideals of the party to fool us with a fake image of a tough lady who couldnt even say "NO" to the Republicans illegal invasion of Iraq and supported them. How will she be offensive against Mr McCain with such a record.
No wonder Republicans cant wait to see Hilary the Democratic choice for an easy passage to power as they did wih Mr Kerry.
Posted by: Nouri | April 23, 2008 10:13 AM
Its absolutely amazing that so many women seem to be for Clinton JUST because she is a woman. I'm a 47 yr old white woman myself and I would be all about a woman president. But I don't want a woman who voted for the invasion of Iraq either: because she believed/trusted George W Bush when if, like she says, she truly wanted there to be more inspections first she could have (just an hour earlier) voted for the Levin amendment OR because she was making a political calculation that she would need to "look tough" in order to win the presidency. Either possibility is indefensible. Either possibility is AT MINIMUM showing bad judgement and AT WORST showing the willingness to send our troops into harms way to further HER political career. This is definitely THE most serious decision she has been faced with since she has been a senator and she failed when people's lives were directly on the line. That is not a person "for the people", that is a person for herself and her possible historical legacy. I'll wait for a woman with the integrity and judgement to deserve my vote.
Posted by: DT | April 22, 2008 10:44 PM
Is Obama preying on the University students again? I guess what's worked in the past...
Posted by: mellowyellow | April 22, 2008 9:27 PM
Is Obama preying on University students again? I guess what's worked in the past...
Posted by: mellowyellow | April 22, 2008 9:27 PM
Hmmmm very high turnout favors Obama, as does the potential energy of young polling resistant voters.
This could get very interesting.
Posted by: Michael G. | April 22, 2008 8:19 PM
Hillary Clinton will never make the nomination. She's negative and most voters do not trust her.
On big issues Hillary does not have a solid answer. That is why she started all the negative attacks on superficial issues. She was helped by Charles Gibson in the debate by concentrating on manufactured issues like "bitterness" of voters. Most voters are pretty frustrated with Bush and his illegal conduct in office. The voters who made up their mind by the negative campaigning most likely were looking for some negative reason "not to vote" for a candidate rather than researching the issues.
Level headed voters will prevail and Obama will be the nomination.
As for McCain, he's about ready to go down the garbage chute. He needed to distance himself from Bush on all fronts, but chose not to do it.
Posted by: | April 22, 2008 7:17 PM
A 29 year old, single white female from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HILLARY HAS MY VOTE AT THE POLLS!! HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008!!
please, Obama whined the minute that big media began to get over their "love affair" with him... he didn't like the questions asked (Obama) as opposed to (getting the very first question every time so that Obama can parrot back something similar that Clinton just said)she had a right to complain about that, anyone who's ever been in a debate knows the pitfalls of getting the first question, time for your opponent to formulate one himself. He has no plans and I think you'd all be very lucky to even name one and with such ambiguous and vague talk/answers...NO...I don't think I'd want him answering the phone at 3:00pm..much less 3:00am...lest he's awake enough to whine about the "problem" he's encountering on the phone. NEGATIVE ADS??!!??? PLEASE, YOU GUYS IN "BIG MEDIA" NEED TO GET OFF OF OBAMA'S MICRO-GENITALIA LONG ENOUGH TO STOP TRYING TO RAM THIS GUY DOWN OUR THROATS! SHE'S NEVER PROPOSED ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY NEGATIVE "ABOUT HIM"!!! EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL TRY TO PUT THE SPIN ON LIKE SHE DID...HAS SHE ACCUSED HIM OF TAKING BRIBES? OR HAVING SOME CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK? OR AN AFFAIR? NOOOO! BESIDES, JUST BECAUSE YOUR BOY GOT BEAT BY A WOMAN, THAN IT MUST BE BECAUSE SHE FOUGHT, "DIRTY"! BESIDES, I think it's some valid points that she's proposed in all of her ads, Bin Laden, nuclear war, an economic depression, they're all possibilites he might encounter as president, the bottom line is this...WE ALL KNOW NOW THAT SHE'S TOUGH AS HELL, BUT WHEN THE GOING GOT TOUGH, OBAMA JUST...GOT GOING! By the way, does anyone else out there know of any real, actual plans that Obama even has for our country? Is there anyone out there who can actually tell me even one? It sure sounds like I might have touched a nerve with "Obamaqueins" out there...HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT!
Posted by: Jamie, 29 yold, white, female, from Phila, PA | April 22, 2008 7:05 PM
The PA presidential primary is actually two parts - a "beauty contest" and then the election of delegates. As a result, one candidate may win the "beauty contest" but lag in the delegate selection. For instance in my district there are three delegate positions, but the Clinton camp only filed one candidate. As a result, Obama is almost guaranteed two of the three delegates, regardles of how well Clinton does in this district.
Posted by: Ellis Pierce | April 22, 2008 7:01 PM
Check the first exit polls from Pennsylvania: http://www.campaigndiaries.com/2008/04/pennsylvania-results-thread-waiting-for.html
Posted by: Dan | April 22, 2008 6:27 PM
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