Election Update

Like I said before, I wasn't really partial to either candidate (I liked McCain for some reasons, and disliked him for some reasons. I liked Obama for some reasons and disliked him other reasons.), but I will say that things are kind of exciting. Maybe it's because it was one of the most historic elections in American history (if not THE most historic), and I got to participate.

So, some updates on election results. I think we've all heard this:

Source: www.nytimes.com

As for the local results back home, things are still close. I guess they're pretty much done counting votes there, but I am still holding out hope for the school bond.

Senate race:

Source: www.katu.com

Yes, I know the votes are still pretty close. And as of 12:05 AM PST, they still hadn't counted votes in Multnomah County. So this should be interesting.

Source: www.katu.com

School Bond: [The Statesman Journal website was the same as it was last night, so I think KATU's results are a little bit more accurate. Sorry for the change in resources!]

Source: www.katu.com

I don't think we have to worry about double-majority with this anymore, because double-majority has screwed over the school district's attempts at passing a bond before, but I sincerely hope that it wins. There's really a small difference in votes, but I guess when you consider the size of the community voting, 97 votes is kind of a considerable margin. Which is really sad. The results haven't been officially called it looks like, so I am still holding onto that one small shred of hope I have that my community back home will be smart and pass the school bond because school facilities are simply not adequate. If it fails, I might just write another letter to the editor of the paper back home. Maybe instead of it taking up four or five columns, I'll aim for six or seven this time.

Election Madness!

Oh man, we have a new president!

I wasn't super-intense about either candidate, but I will say that Obama's speech was amazing. But his speeches are always amazing. I can't even begin to understand how he can be such an amazing public speaker.

While I was excited for the national election, I was really anxious for results of local elections back home. And thanks to the time difference I had to wait for FOREVER. But now some of them are being posted on certain news websites! YEA.

Okay, let me just say that I will be really unhappy if the Willamina School bond fails by 20 votes. 20 votes!!! I will be so disappointed in people!

Source: www.statesmanjournal.com

When it comes to the race for Senate back home in Oregon, it's been a vicious one. But I definitely wholeheartedly support Gordon Smith. Basically he's a moderate who's actually accomplished things in Congress that are good for the nation and Oregon (like timber payments making their way back to counties of origin! Yea! Thank you Senator Smith!). I met him at our state FFA convention last year, and he's also a really nice guy. Here's how the race looked a few minutes ago:

Source: www.katu.com

I will update more tomorrow!

AHHH.

I really hope that you all voted, if you could vote.