Do you live in Virginia? Then you should go vote. I voted this morning and I was the only one casting a ballot, which leads me to believe that not too many people intend to go to the polls today. One reason for the light turnout is that, for much of Virginia (my own precinct included), if you vote in the Democratic primary, you'll vote in exactly one election. However, given the relatively few number of votes, your vote has a larger chance at being pivotal (especially if there is a delegate race in your district). Whatever your reason, go vote. Plus, they give you a free sticker :)
I actually reminded a fellow Crystal Plaza resident to vote in the elevator this morning. (She saw my sticker and enquired--see, they do work!). So I informed her where our polling place was...and then afterwards I noticed her driving off in a car with the bumper sticker "Bush: back by popular demand." Good thing this isn't a general election!
Ooh! A similar situation happened to me this morning. I voted at the fire station and I was the 16th person to vote in the Democratic primary. Of course, I wore my "I Voted in Arlington" sticker and the guy standing next to me on the Metro asked me if I had voted in the primary. I responded in the affirmative and he said that he had completely forgotten the primaries were today. I suggested that he could vote after work and he seemed quite pleased about that. I must admit that I was a bit surprised he forgotten about the primaries as he appears to have been a Congressional reporter for Bloomberg News (he had a Hill press pass with the Bloomberg logo).
I was also most proud that my sticker reminded someone to vote today! :)
Nice! Are you ever going to tell me who you voted for?
Turnout seemed to be especially low...somewhere are 2% of registered voters voted on the Dem side I think. Pretty pathetic.