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alp227

(32,020 posts) Sat Nov 24, 2012, 09:21 PM Nov 2012

Many of the people camping out for Black Friday won't for Election Day.

This afternoon I saw a flock of people flooding in some store as the doors opened. And I thought: gee, why don't we ever see masses of people camped overnight outside pollingn places?

Another DU thread posted on Election Day suggested: "People standing in line all day to vote is proof that Americans would be just as willing to vote starting at midnight as they would be to go to Walmart at midnight on Black Friday to get a good price on a teevee."

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Many of the people camping out for Black Friday won't for Election Day. (Original Post) alp227 Nov 2012 OP

K & R Thinkingabout Nov 2012 #1

1. Apples, kumquats. 2. No-one is trying to be first to the voting booth. 3. Photos: WinkyDink Nov 2012 #2

Great post! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #3

Thinkingabout

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1. K & R

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Sat Nov 24, 2012, 09:29 PM

Nov 2012

This is so true, if we ever expect to make the US the great nation we are going to have to get out and vote. The crazy RW is voting and Democrats can do a much better job of governing so we have to beat them at the polls.