Are you planning on voting in this year's midterm elections?

[KuntaKinte]

I will be voting this year, but in the Swedish general elections, not American Midterms.

Ottawa municipal elections for me

I'll vote in the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections :-)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yes.  I'll be voting in the Republican primary, doing my best to ensure that Bauer doesn't win the gubernatorial nod.  By the time of the general election, I expect that there will likely be an amendment or two to vote, but it is unlikely that any of the general election races other than Superintendent of Education will be competitive.  That race usually skews toward the Democrats since the Republicans of late have tended to nominate doctrinaire voucher supporters who are seen as being in favor of dismantling public education altogether.

Note: I wouldn't mind a decent voucher system, but the sorts of proposals that have been made the past few years would basically divert $1000 to $2000 to the parents of people who would have put their children in private schools anyway, so they aren't really voucher systems that would do anything to actually improve the schools

[Joe Biden 2020]

Yes, absolutely.  The Gubernatorial race for Oklahoma this year looks to be a real cat fight between Democrat Lt Governor Jari Askins and former Republican Lt Governor Mary Fallin.  When I register to vote at my new address, i will change my registration to the Republican party, so I'll probably vote for Fallin.  Coburn will win the Senate race without too much effort, most likely, and my congressman, Tom Cole, looks to be running unopposed currently.  There may some state questions to vote on in November, but its still early for the questions.

[Bo]

D: No. I don't want to bother.

[SvenssonRS]

Yes(I), since my 18th birthday comes just in time for the general election. Can't wait to input my vote for Governor.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

[Alcon]

Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

Your county general elections are separate from your state general elections?  I didn't know that was done.

[Ban my account ffs!]

No, the Indie choices are kinda lean

You can always move to Minnesota and vote here!  I'm sure the IP would be glad to have you.

As for me.. of course.. primary and general.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Of course, I always vote in every election I'm eligible to vote in. Even if it were for Alton dogcatcher, I'd request an absentee ballot.

Just one?  In IL that's surprising

Well....one for the dog, and one for the catcher maybe.....but any more and it'd have to be in Cook County.

If you don't mind my asking, who did you vote for in Tuesday's primary?

[CatoMinor]

Thats not a good sign for Democrats

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The 2010 Mid-terms will be the first elections I get to vote in so of coarse im going to.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Message to Democrats:  If you want to keep your majority, do not stay home, otherwise, don't complain when the Republicans clean your plow.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Yes. While I'm unhappy with a lot of Democrats, I'm not especially unhappy with Boxer or Brown.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

Your county general elections are separate from your state general elections?  I didn't know that was done.

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

[Psychic Octopus]

D: No. I don't want to bother.

What about Boxer and Brown?

[Alcon]

Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

Your county general elections are separate from your state general elections?  I didn't know that was done.

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?

[Frodo]

Message to Democrats:  If you want to keep your majority, do not stay home, otherwise, don't complain when the Republicans clean your plow.

It's not a majority worth fighting for.  I think they have demonstrated that abundantly over the past year.  

Next time, before we set about building another Democratic congressional majority, it might be helpful to actually build a movement that is powerful and influential enough to change the trajectory of this country, so much so that even Republicans will feel compelled to tend to their left the way moderate and conservative Democrats (who have an outsized influence within the party) currently gaze nervously to their right.    

With conservatives still holding a plurality in this country (virtually unchanged from when George W. Bush had just won a second term), there really is no point in working to elect Democrats to advance a progressive agenda if the country still leans right.  

[Deldem]

Absolutely.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?

Statewide elections are run by the State Election Commission in conjunction with the County Election Commissions.  State and County offices and election dates are set by State law, not County law. (This is a holdover from the pre-Reynolds v. Sims days when each county's delegation in the General Assembly also served as that county's council.)

By contrast, the municipalities run the elections and set the election dates themselves.  Some do choose to set the date for the general election, but most do not.  (The town I live in uses the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, but in odd-numbered years instead of the even-numbered years of the general elections.)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?

Statewide elections are run by the State Election Commission in conjunction with the County Election Commissions.  State and County offices and election dates are set by State law, not County law. (This is a holdover from the pre-Reynolds v. Sims days when each county's delegation in the General Assembly also served as that county's council.)

By contrast, the municipalities run their elections and set the election dates themselves.  Some do choose to set the date for the general election, but most do not.  (The town I live in uses the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, but in odd-numbered years instead of the even-numbered years of the general elections.)

[Alcon]

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?

Statewide elections are run by the State Election Commission in conjunction with the County Election Commissions.  State and County offices and election dates are set by State law, not County law. (This is a holdover from the pre-Reynolds v. Sims days when each county's delegation in the General Assembly also served as that county's council.)

By contrast, the municipalities run their elections and set the election dates themselves.  Some do choose to set the date for the general election, but most do not.  (The town I live in uses the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, but in odd-numbered years instead of the even-numbered years of the general elections.)

Interesting.  I sometimes hear rumblings about the idea that municipal/local elections should be geared toward a smaller, more educated electorate, and wondered if it had more sway elsewhere.  I guess maybe not.  Thanks.

[Franzl]

If you don't mind my asking, who did you vote for in Tuesday's primary?

I cast votes for Pat Quinn for Governor, and David Hoffman for Senate.

At least one of them won

I would have seriously considered voting GOP for Governor under certain circumstances if Dillard had won the Republican nomination (it's still theoretically possible, seeing as he's only down by 400 votes.), but I can't vote for Brady in good conscience. Religious right-winger.

For Senate, Giannoulias defeated Hoffman handily. I lean towards supporting Giannoulias in the general, but I suppose things can change by November.

[memphis]

The real race is in the primary, given that I live in a D+23 district, but I'll still vote in the general as well.

[they don't love you like i love you]

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?

Statewide elections are run by the State Election Commission in conjunction with the County Election Commissions.  State and County offices and election dates are set by State law, not County law. (This is a holdover from the pre-Reynolds v. Sims days when each county's delegation in the General Assembly also served as that county's council.)

By contrast, the municipalities run their elections and set the election dates themselves.  Some do choose to set the date for the general election, but most do not.  (The town I live in uses the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, but in odd-numbered years instead of the even-numbered years of the general elections.)

Interesting.  I sometimes hear rumblings about the idea that municipal/local elections should be geared toward a smaller, more educated electorate, and wondered if it had more sway elsewhere.  I guess maybe not.  Thanks.

Minnesota is the same way, though most cities have their municipal elections on even-numbered years. I think the reason Minneapolis and St. Paul do in odd-numbered years is so people can pay attention to those elections instead of being distracted by bigger ones. Which does kind of make sense, but results in boring elections when ran like last year.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

Your county general elections are separate from your state general elections?  I didn't know that was done.

Yeah it's strange.  We have the county primary in May, then the county general paired with the state/fed primary in August.  Whichever party has an exciting state/fed primary has an advantage in the County general election.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Weird dates for local elections are why I'll always remember 9/11/2001 was a Tuesday, as there was a local election that day where I was living then.