The Massachusetts Presidential Primary will be held on Tuesday, March 6th. Polls will be open from 7am-8pm. If you are not enrolled with either major political party you can chose to vote in either primary.
NOTE: Due to redistricting some Newton voters’ ward/precinct and polling location may have changed. Go here to confirm your current polling location.
Please vote in our poll and explain your decision in the comments section. (And if you do vote, come back here tomorrow and tell us how many people voted in your ward/precinct and the time you voted.)
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At 8:45 a.m. 26 people had voted at Ward/Precinct 5/4 and 38 at 6/3, both at the Hyde Center. Time spent waiting in line: 18 seconds.
United States Congressional candidate Herb Robinson was outside greeting voters.
Oh, and I voted for John Huntsman and Anil Adyanthaya.
Thanks, Greg! And thanks to Brian Yates, I am looking forward to voting in our new polling place at Emerson Community Center. We were the only ones on our street who voted at Hyde.
Brian Yates voted Republican too? Won’t he lose his secret decoder ring when the city dems find out?
No! 🙂 He was helpful in the redistricting process that allows to vote much closer to home.
I voted for President Obama in this poll, and at the polls today. I was excited when Obama was elected, but felt he accomplished little early in his presidency. I still have some issues with him, but all relatively minor. In general, to date, I think he’s done an outstanding job. He’s no Bill Clinton [my favorite president of my lifetime], but he has a lot less personal baggage than Bill. In my opinion the 2012 Presidential election was over, the day President Obama directed the raid that Killed Osama Bin Laden. I expect the President to cruise to an easy victory in November, and I look forward to the things he will accomplish in his final term.
Health care reform — something our country (Democrats and Republicans) have tried but failed to accomplish for decades — is “little”?
Greg– I knew someone would point that out. Health care was certainly a major achievement and something his last Democrat predecessor could not get done. Unfortunately it’s a tremendously flawed plan, due to compromises by the administration throughout the legislative process.
Here’s a practical example… I happened to pick up a prescription at Walgreens today. My co-pay for this medication used to be $20. Today it cost me $165. I’m paying more for my health insurance than ever before. And the only discernible benefit my family has received from the President’s health care plan, is that I get to keep my 22 year old son on the family policy. So I would not say health care was one of President Obama’s finer achievements.
I would however point to his efforts toward peace and freedom on an international level. Ending the mindless war in Iraq. “Leading from the rear” [as it’s been referred to] in the overthrow of Kadhafi. Planning for our departure in Afghanistan. The administrations recent efforts to denuclearize North Korea. His very calculated and deliberate handling of the Iranian nuclear situation. All handled brilliantly.
When you add to that the fact that President Obama nearly single handedly saved the American automobile industry, and his economic policies are finally digging us out of the hole created by President Bush, I am an enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama.
His health care plan though… I could have lived without that.
@Mike: Do you know what provision of the health care bill lead to the change in your prescription?
The whole thing is so darn complicated, Greg. And that’s really the problem. I’d like to hear from anyone who has a specific benefit they have received from the the President’s health care plan, that they did not have before the legislation took effect. Maybe I’m missing something, but I really don’t think 99% of American’s understand 1% of that health care law.
I don’t want my comments about health care to detract from my support of the President. I think he’s doing a kick-ass job for our country, and I expect even bigger and better things from President Obama in his second term, when he doesn’t have to worry about reelection. I think we’ll see the President come out in support of same sex marriage, and the federal government will back off threats to states that have passed medical marijuana laws. I think we’ll see an increasing trend toward international arms control, and most importantly a booming economy reminiscent of the Clinton years.
I have a torn labrum. Under my family’s health plan (which is out-of-state), it’s a pre-existing condition. Any treatment is out-of-pocket.
Once the health care plan is fully implemented (its implementation is phased over years), the insurer will not be able to deny me coverage.