Hello Advocates and welcome to your new Blog! With this blog, we will be able to stay in contact with each other even though we are not face to face.
2 weeks from today we will all vote in one of the most historical elections. No matter who you vote for, there will be changes and we have to make sure we are prepared for the new administration and possibly a new Congress. New Jersey will be getting two new Congressional members after this election and we would like to get to know them as soon as possible.
Axel has created a homework assignment for all of you to do during the evening of the election.
A. How many electoral college votes do New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have?
B. What was the Senate breakdown prior to the election and after? What does the new breakdown mean? (Try to find exact numbers that show how many Republicans the Senate had/have and how many the Democrats had/have)
C. What is the breakdown of the House of Representatives? What is it after the election? What does it mean?
D. What party is in control of the House, Senate, and White House after the election? What impact will this have?
E. What important ballot initiatives were on the ballot this year?
You can post your questions and answers on the blog by clicking on "comments".
2 weeks from today we will all vote in one of the most historical elections. No matter who you vote for, there will be changes and we have to make sure we are prepared for the new administration and possibly a new Congress. New Jersey will be getting two new Congressional members after this election and we would like to get to know them as soon as possible.
Axel has created a homework assignment for all of you to do during the evening of the election.
A. How many electoral college votes do New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have?
B. What was the Senate breakdown prior to the election and after? What does the new breakdown mean? (Try to find exact numbers that show how many Republicans the Senate had/have and how many the Democrats had/have)
C. What is the breakdown of the House of Representatives? What is it after the election? What does it mean?
D. What party is in control of the House, Senate, and White House after the election? What impact will this have?
E. What important ballot initiatives were on the ballot this year?
You can post your questions and answers on the blog by clicking on "comments".
90 comments:
Wow very nice! ...We will be so well informed! Thanks john
www.senate.gov....great information about the senate....made homework easy
I also tried www.ussenate.gov almost the same but leaning left and dishing some dirt.........peace all
I'm loving this new leadership Hyacinth blog website.
It's go cool!!!!!!!!!!!
Could access the website from my home computer?
-S. Gray
I am glad you guys are enjoying the blog. Once the election is over we will post much more.
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I am very happy to see some comments. John is giving all of the answers!!!! Good work John, I can wait to see your comments and talk to you guys during the election. 4 days to go. We should all thank Kristen for making sure we have this wonderful blog to work with.
Hey, in half an hour we will have a couple of early results which are important, watch out for virgina and north carolina. You also want to watch out for ohio as well as all senate races. hope to see you on soon.
here we go....
the atmosphere around town is electric...people are so excited, it was hard to focus at work today!
John its good to see you. Only vermont and kentucky in, those states went as expected.
The atmosphere is electric. If I dont get some results soon, I going to need a zanax
Im not sure about indiana. its close to call but I thought by now obama would have pulled away. Pray for indiana.
Is anybody on?
indiana is lookin good....still too early
I'm trying to brace myself for the eight oclock hour....
john i was just like you today! i was way too excited to work!
So am I. I am on msnbc and cnn but it doesnt look good for indiana. are you hearing differently?
nbc is saying obama is catching up in indiana....
indiana looks very close but its swaying to mccain!
I think Indiana is a loss for us. The spread is getting too big, if that happens ohio is a must have for obama if not we are in for a long long night.
oh no South Carolina is red?!:(
yes that was expected.
indiana is blue too!!!!!! wow so beautiful
PA to us!!!!!! ohhhhhhhhhhhh YES!
We took new hamp, nj, mass, conn and penn. YES and maine too
fla is lookin kinda good!!!
i think my geography was bad on indiana....but New Jersey is blue
lautenburg still has his seat!!!! he looked good on T.V. yesterday....
8:10 103 dem 34 rep
he is a dinasour but he is our dinasour. thank God for jersey. !!11
where did you see indiana as blue? they havent called it yet. have they?
no I messed up about indiana..bad geography
mixed up illinois and indiana.....
indiana is not looking good but im hopeful for fla
still too close but obama is leading in florida by 8 points!!!!
Lets pray hard for florida, if that happens we can all take a deep breath. hey where are the rest of our folks?
Georgia and alabama went to McCain
:(
Perhaps everyone is too glued to the T.V.
This was a homework assignment!!!!!!
many of them do not have internet access in their homes...and many dont have computers at home :-(
a lot of them use computers at hyacinth or libraries so...
We have to work on grants to get folks laptops or computers.
175 obama 76 McCain.....wow this next hour should be a roller coaster!!!!
May sound sappy but I haven't felt this good about being American since the Clinton inauguration in 92......I'm kinda speechless
yeah i need somethin to calm my nerves lol! its getting so intense
The tech guy at work sells computers refurbished for @ 200 dollars loaded........
really thats great we gotta look into that. kristen have some wine
obama takes ohio
OHIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes
WOW!!! THIS IS GETTING GOOD!!!!
Kristen did you get your booze on yet? John how are you holding up?
Having fun watching...Ohio rocks!
lol im gonna hold off on the booze lol and do a lil more prayin!
i think the only word
I can think of is FINALLY.......oh yeah and who is this anonymous person?
this anonymous person's name is vidal
Hey papa, John Vidal is my partner, I invited him to join us.
200 and counting it's just a matter of time now.......
Hello Vidal....welcome
nice to meet you
HEY VIDAL!!!! LONG TIME NO SEE! :-) glad u can join us as we blog about history bein made!!! :-)
maybe now I can finally lose this ... "wish i could leave this country" attitude!
senate now 52 dem 37 rep wow
Looks good guys. we are almost there.
virginia is starting to look really good!
who said?
lance and myers will join the house in nj
lol its still to close to call but he did take the lead in va
206.... 135 i think I might vomit...no wait... rejoice.. and really mean it REJOICE!
rejoice, the vomitting is for the mcain supporters at the rally in arizona. :))
arizona? still too close to call?
imagine....he'll lose his own state....I guess this is history man
Hi Guys,
I am so happy to join the discussion. I am so exciting! Obama has PA, Ohio, and I am just watching come in. Rejoice, rejoice as history is being made.
welcome deloris.
welcome deloris!!!
I am so happy Elizabeth Dole lost her senate seat. :)) Florida is still out there we might snatch that up too.
yeah i didnt vote for her! she is a hot mess! yes fla is still lookin okay!
Fox news has called virginia for obama!!!!!!!!! and thats fox news
Hi Deloris!....Thanks for being here... part of history....i heard a person say we can now move from the politics of fear to the politics of hope...I'm soooo overwhelmed
poor elizabeth dole....Do you guys think maybe now politicians are gonna actually have to do their jobs?
yes, WE JUST WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD!!!!!!! OH
im crying! im done!
I think now we will actually be by the people for the people..........
He has California, Washington and Oregan. President Obama, a new day is dawning.
kristen and i are boo hooing like hot messes.
My tears are those of joy! McCain gave a great concession speech. Now for the President-elect Obama. This is great!
I wish everyone would soak this moment in. Good night everyone enjoy the coverage.
Can't speak...I love you guys..........overjoyed.....peace........more soon
President-elect Obama speaks "Yes, we can!" Have a great night y'all!
It feels great (and hopeful) to be an American today! Let's skip the transition and put OBAMA in the white house tomorrow!!!!!!
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