I’ve avoided looking at any polls until tonight. Last night I looked up previous elections for the local stuff.
InTrade calls it for Obama at 364/174.
AST’s elctoral-vote.com has it at 353/185 again with Obama winning.
Folks, these sites use different methods, one of which has actual money behind it, and were both accurate in 2004. By 9pm or 10pm tomorrow the election will be called for Barack Obama.
Michigan will vote for Barack Obama with room to spare.
My State Rep (District 74) will be Dave Agema (R) in a 2:1 victory over the Democrat challenger.
My US House Rep (District 2) will be Pete Hoekstra (R) in a 2:1 victory over the Democrat challenger.
My US Senator will be Carl Levin (D) in a nearly 2:1 victory over the Republican challenger.
Unless a candidate is endorsed by either SAFR* or the MCGRO in a given election I’ll be voting for a 3rd party tomorrow morning.
I was tempted to vote for the Republican challenger to Levin until I went through some of his survey answers the other night. When asked what the largest threat to national security was Hoegendyk responded with:
The Supreme Court decision giving terrorists the rights of American citizens could mean that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay might end up walking Main Street U.S.A. The Supreme Court’s decision could unleash a torrent of court filings from detainees seeking their freedom. This is probably the greatest threat to our security.
And, well, that’s just a level of stupid I’m not prepared to side with. The single greatest threat to our country is our own legal system? Give me a break. Damnit, I double-checked and SAFR endorsed him. I’ll stick to my word and vote for the guy based on the SAFR endorsement.
As far as the Michigan proposals go:
Prop 1 (Medical Marijuana): Yes. Something that adds a right to the citizenry certainly belongs in the State Constitution, and I have no qualms with the measure as written.
Prop 2 (Stem Cell Research): No. I have no ethical concerns with it, as written, but don’t believe it should be enshrined in the State Constitution. Let the legislature deal with it as it’s easier to fix issues there if we get it wrong the first time.
And, finally, given that I live in Ottawa county I’ll be voting “NO” on the issue of continuing to prohibit sales of alcohol on Sunday.
*: SAFR endorsed Palin, but there’s no way I can stomach voting for McCain. He’s going to lose this state anyway. I’ve never intentionally voted for a big-government liberal before and I’m not going to start with McCain, damnit.
