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lobelia321 October 18 2008, 18:36:57 UTC
Wow.

Red state: does that mean a leftist state? As in red, the socialist/communist colour? Or is this colour symbolism different in the United Ones?

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newgrange October 18 2008, 18:42:03 UTC
Sadly no, it's a reference to the colors that are used to show Democrat or Republican victories or strength. Red = Republican which more or less means conservative and Blue =Democrats.

If you to see a great example of how this is used check out
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

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thisisbone October 18 2008, 18:56:00 UTC
fivethirtyeight.com, aka my security blanket.

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newgrange October 19 2008, 14:36:12 UTC
Snort! I'm planning my RWB wardrobe for the next two weeks. Debating if I need to take off on Election day to volunteer to call or hand out leaflets.

I think I'm going to print some VOTE posters for work. The college has done intensive voter registration and we want the students to vote--just vote we don't try to influence them unless it's funding for public education--obviously we're in favor of that.

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thisisbone October 19 2008, 18:53:59 UTC
I think that's a great idea. You might also encourage them to check their registration between now and Nov. 4th. There are a number of places to do that, including voteforchange.com

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newgrange October 19 2008, 20:15:56 UTC
Can they do anything about it, if there is a problem?

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thisisbone October 19 2008, 20:17:09 UTC
the local board of elections is a good place to start.

A local chapter of the League of Women Voters is another.

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newgrange October 19 2008, 20:29:13 UTC
I've forgotten about VotePoke, https://votepoke.org/index.html
You can check there really easily.

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newgrange October 19 2008, 14:38:16 UTC
Did you hear that Colin Powell endorsed Obama today. That's got to help.

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thisisbone October 19 2008, 19:03:37 UTC
It certainly can't hurt.

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newgrange October 19 2008, 20:17:46 UTC
A huge deal on all the morning news shows. I'm home now...it's a been a very off kilter day...

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