What will you be doing on Election Night?

[elperromagico]

Will you watch the returns? If so, where? On TV? The Internet? Will you pull an all-nighter here on DU? Or will you go to bed and just check the results in the morning?

Here is my plan: I am going to have a dry-erase board with a map of the United States on it. And I'll have two markers: Blue and Red. You can figure out the rest. :D

[tedoll78]

1. I've just bought a large television set.

And I'll be having a small group of friends over at my place for a returns party. Either way, we'll be getting waaaay wicked pissah drunk. And either way, I'm not going to school the following day.

[JohnKleeb]

2. Well Ive discussed my plans with you and ours are simliar

I'll be online since I have no TV in here, maybe order some food and stuff heh I am treating this like its the superbowl, I am such a nerd.

[DaveinMD]

4. some election night party

Maybe in Colorado, maybe in Maryland. Not really sure yet.

[sleepyhead]

30. Hey! I use that comparison too!

I tell my non-politically minded friends that I look at politics the same way they look at their favorite sports teams. And the presidential election *is* the Superbowl. Guess I am a nerd too. Oh well, I'm in good company!

[HuskerDem]

45. John, we embrace your nerdness...............

and look forward to sharing with you. Feel the love. :grouphug:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

3. GOTV, and once the polls close, the local Democratic watering hole

'The Union Club'

[bigwillq]

5. That dry-erase board is a very cool idea

I might have to work. On second thought, I should take off now!!

I will probably go to a bar and drink or stay home and drink.

I of course will be watching the returns. I also hope to check into DU a few times during the night!!

[Southsideirish]

6. Planning on a nice, quiet nervous breakdown - if I last that long. n/t

[NMDemDist2]

8. count me in on that SSI

i will be a nervous wreck

[Carni]

7. Drinking HEAVILY

[OffWithTheirHeads]

13. Me too

I scheduled Nov 3 OFF months ago. I plan on getting very drunk and watching every minute of it

[Carni]

15. I figure if Kerry wins...

Then I will be in a total celebration mode.

And if he loses with any luck I will be too bombed to notice!

Truthfully I don't know how I am going to stand the anxiety...

I wish I could hibernate for about 5 years and someone can tell me later how it works out! :(

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[IndianaGreen]

9. After I vote for Kerry/Edwards while holding my nose

I will buy some beer as soon as the bars open at 6 PM, and watch the returns hoping that we don't have another fiasco in Florida.

[mbee]

11. Taking off the entire week just like I did in 2000, but, hopefully,

the Democratic Party will stand up for the voters and deny this idiot being able to break into the White House again.

[TheWraith]

10. I have something better.

The Electoral College Calculator, version 2.2. The perfect companion to a presidential election.

http://www.grayraven.com/ec/

The early part of the evening, I'm going to watch returns, both online and on TV. (Ahh, the joys of a laptop.) I'll have a big computer monitor in one corner which will show the ECC with results filled in, main TV on CSPAN or MSNBC, and I'll be running projections on my laptop. Once the election is sealed (assuming it goes the right way) I'm going to stage my own balloon drop, shoot off some illegal fireworks (red white and blue, natch), and pop the cork on some champagne.

As you might guess, I've been considering this for awhile.

[janx]

12. INTERESTING that you asked that question.

I just realized a couple of weeks ago that I will be out of the country at a conference.

I will be in Europe on election night--specifically, Madrid. It should be fascinating to experience the results with Europeans, provided the results are tolerable.

[Carni]

16. Wish I was you...LOL

Because if bush wins this (or steals it again) I would like to just STAY in a foreign country until he's finally gone!

[janx]

18. Maybe I could make some hasty plans while there...

like asking someone for a home should Bush* win again. But I honestly don't think that's going to happen.

I look forward to a Kerry win and to celebrating with my European brothers and sisters.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

23. I take it you've gotten your absentee ballot?

[janx]

46. Oh yes! I filled out the application about a week ago.

It should arrive well before I leave.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

14. Anybody know how to mark the Red states with

a swasticka?

[iconoclastic cat]

17. First of all, I predict that the age of the one-night election is dead.

This damn thing will drag out for weeks, and I predict that the next few presidential elections will as well.

As for my plans, I will be watching a DVD with Mrs. Cat, then going to bed early since I will have to wake up at 5AM--unless I'm still unemployed, of course.

[trotsky]

19. There is no way I will be able to sleep until I know the results.

And WHEN Kerry wins, I'll probably run up and down my street naked.

[Ruby Romaine]

20. i'll be at the polls till they close as a pollwatcher-will do

whatever is needed-then it will be party time-
see ya *-back to the pig farm!

[DrFunkenstein]

21. Good Rockin' That Night

[olddem43]

22. I plan a big return watching party with friends.

Plenty of food, beer and other drinks. TV with computers to keep score.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

24. I'll probably be here at home w/ the hubby and checking in w/ whoever

is here. We've come so far together, y'all. I have to hang w/ my fellow DU'ers!

:grouphug:

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[mvd]

25. Depends on how the polls are

I know I'll be watching at home on TV. If the polls are like they are now or Kerry is ahead by more than now, I'll be planning or hoping for an all-night celebration. I'd also want to make the next day have a special dinner or something. If Bush is clearly ahead in the polls, I could be making some plans to move. I'm a big Holidays person, and the Holidays wouldn't be the same with a Bush win.

[DemoTex]

26. On election night 2000 I was on an airline trip.

I was on an overnight in Burlington, VT. I watched, and watched, and watched, knowing I should turn off the TV. I did. I couldn't sleep. I turned it back on. God it was bad!

I slept very little and had to fly a Boeing 737-400 to Pittsburgh and Kansas City the next day. My co-pilot (a Bu$h supporter, but an open-minded guy) and I talked about the hung election on the way to KC. We had a 30 hour lay-over in KC so we went out, late-afternoon, for a couple of beers and a burger. Of course the election coverage was still on TV. The rest, as the man says, is history. Grim, dark, scary history. That co-pilot now agrees with me and will vote for Kerry.

Now that I am retired I don't have to worry about whether or not I can watch the returns. I will. I'll pop some popcorn and swill some iced tea or wine. I'm not sure where I'll be. I am registered to vote in Greenville, SC (where I have a condo). But I'll probably be back up on the mountain by that evening. I will try to vote absentee as will Dr. DemoTex. Either way, I will definitely long for Texas' early voting.

[elperromagico]

28. I went to bed on Election Night 2000,

hearing Tom Brokaw saying that Bush was the winner and Gore had just called him to concede. I woke up the next morning to find that nobody in particular was going to be the next President. Then the shit started in earnest.

I hope and pray it doesn't happen again.

[Connie_Corleone]

27. I'm taking Election day and the day after off work.

I plan on watching the returns on TV and checking DU every now and then. I also plan to drink no matter what the results.

[MAlibdem]

29. I'm definitely not going to classes election day and most of next day

Going to be volunteering by day (in NH) and drinking and watching at night.

Isn't it funny how many people will be drinking? It's the American Way.

[Wabbajack]

31. You know how sports fans

get the crazy idea that how they sit or how many bites of their sandwich they take somehow effects the game? I was like that last time.

[LTR]

32. Spending the night with the TV and all of you

I'll unveil myself on Free Republic when Kerry wins.

:evilgrin:

All kidding aside, couldn't think of a better place than DU.

[Dem2theMax]

33. Praying like a son of a gun?

Actually, it looks like I'm going to be keeping up with the majority of DU'ers here - drinking!

Champagne will be on ice till I know for sure that the reason I'm opening it is to celebrate and not to just get drunk.

I'm going to be in front of the TV or the computer monitor till I know the results - howEVER long it takes!

Being here at DU goes without saying. :) :) :)

[Endangered Specie]

34. Im sure the college dems here will have some sort of setup...

Ill be happy to run the EC board, and to take the suggestion of a previous poster, red states will have tiny swastikas in them ;)

[CANDO]

35. Thanks to my union membership......

I've scheduled a personal holiday so as to kick back and watch the spectacle.

[Xenus Sister]

36. Trying to figure out where the riots will be...

when Bush steals the election again.

I wish I were kidding. If Bush loses the popular vote but wins the electoral college, I predict riots. If Bush wins and things look stinky in Florida or Ohio or anywhere, I predict riots. I want to be right there with them.

As a gray-haired grandmother with 3 cats, I promise not to destroy any personal property, but I want my voice to be added in a real, not virtual, way to the many screams of disgust and outrage.

In any case, I'll be home, watching on TV and the computer. I'll be biting my fingernails, toenails, pillows, the couch, and anything else I can find.

[HuskerDem]

49. I will be there with you, being self employed I don't have to worry about

missing time or getting fired. If that slimeball steals this one too I'll be in the thick of it.

My daughter and hubby will take care of my 3 kitties.

[quaoar]

37. I will be

drinking heavily.

And when the networks declare Kerry to be the winner, I will go outside and hoist the Stars and Stripes on one side of the house and my Don't Tread on Me flag on the other -- provided I am not too drunk to do so.

I also plan to tape Fox News that night. I want to savor the looks on their faces for many years to come. LOL

[Dem2theMax]

39. Excellent idea.

"I also plan to tape Fox News that night. I want to savor the looks on their faces for many years to come."

Thanks for the idea. LOL. :)

[powergirl]

43. LOL - I'll tape FOX - that will be great

WE can watch Hannity boo hoo about how Armageddon must be around the corner. Brit Hume will be crushed that his boyfriend Bush won't be in charge. You know they will be a bunch of whiners. Do you think they will hire Bush's cousin to call the Florida election again?

[powergirl]

38. I'll be on my knees clutching the old rosary beads in prayer

I want to get together with like minded friends and hold a vigil for the salvation of this country. Bush has got to go. I can't take 4 more years of hell ( to quote Teresa Heinz-Kerry).

[dflprincess]

40. I've already started with the beads

I figure if I wait until election night it could be too late. Everytime I get the end of the "Our Father" and say "deliver us from evil" I add, "you know who I'm talking about."

Electon night I hope to be at a party even with DU I don't think I could stand to be alone that night.

[powergirl]

41. I know what you mean

I won't even be able to concentrate on work that day. My husband and I volunteered to work at the polling places (even though we live here in Texas - the South Africa of America). Then we will get together with other friends because we don't want to be alone. Too much is at stake. Maybe I'll go to church on that day too. I've already lined up a babysitter for the kiddos. God help us.

[powergirl]

42. I know what you mean

I won't even be able to concentrate on work that day. My husband and I volunteered to work at the polling places (even though we live here in Texas - the South Africa of America). Then we will get together with other friends because we don't want to be alone. Too much is at stake. Maybe I'll go to church on that day too. I've already lined up a babysitter for the kiddos. God help us.

[HuskerDem]

44. Just the right mixture of vodka and caffine

I have 77(?) days to experiment with the proper recipe. I'll be here election night. Probably with 3 different televisions going and PIP TV on the laptop too.

[Kanary]

47. For All You Drinkers..... PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE!!

Thanks for the reminder..... this is why I'll be staying home, by myself.

No way do I need to have one of you broadsiding me.

I'm sorry that's the only way you think you can survive it. Just, PLEASE, don't cause someone else to NOT survive it.

Kanary

[Dem2theMax]

50. Whada we look like?

George W. Bush? ;)

Nope, no worries here. The only thing I get behind when I drink is a BIG bottle of aspirin. :)

[Kanary]

55. I'll donate some aspirin....... and some good ole' B complex.......

:hi:

Just stay safe......

Kanary

[Dem2theMax]

61. I'll take you up on both!

I forgot that B complex can help. It's been so long since I've had a hangover, I've forgotten how to treat one properly.
Nov. 2nd will be the ONLY night of my life that I'll be wishing for a hangover. A 'celebrating' hangover that is. lol.

And :hi: back at ya!

[HuskerDem]

53. Did anyone say they were going to jump in a car and come after you:?

How rude to ASSUME that people to intend to behave irresponsibly. Whether you are feeling superior because you have never touched a drop or because you've drank the AA kool-aid, the tone of your comments is unwarranted.

Your intended message is a valuable one, you may want to package it with more sugar and less vinegar.

[Kanary]

57. Whatever..... when people freely talk about big parties with drinking

and don't bother to mention how they intend their guests to get home, then it needs to be said.

Call me "rude"... whatever........ better that than some spectacular crashes.

Talk about rude.......

Kanary

[alfredo]

48. I believe there will be an election night get together at the

Kentucky theater in Lexington Ky.

After finishing my work at the polls, I will clean up, change, and party down with my friends at the theater.

On edit. look for an announcement. If you are in the area, contact the local Democratic party for details. Or call the Kentucky theater.

[otohara]

51. Buy A Bottle of FRENCH Champagne - Pop It When They Announce

very early on that Kerry has won, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan....

Yell at the top of my lungs outside in my front yard - thank you, God, Budda, Mohammed, and the voters of America for seeing the light and taking action.

[Dying Eagle]

56. French, good call. lol

[RobinA]

52. Haven't Decided Yet

It depends on the polls. I will not start watching until the polls close no matter what, I just can't take that much TV blather. I'm still debating how to celebrate if Kerry wins. If Bush wins I'll just go to bed and wake up depressed the next day. It's going to be a LOOOONG day. If Kerry wins I will probably stay up until his acceptance speech unless things get really ridiculous.

[aldian159]

54. Buy a six pack of Sam Adams

and hang out here on the Underground. I'll be listening to overnight sports talk radio and I might have the myriad repeats of Sportscenter on.

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[Dying Eagle]

60. Why did you post that photo

Get off our site!!!

[Dem2theMax]

62. I bet it's *

He's showing off. Learning to spell. :evilgrin:

[deadparrot]

63. What a lovely human specimen. *waves*