When I woke up
Tuesday I was pretty bummed that I was going to have to go down to the polls
and stand out in the cold to collect data. When I was sitting on my couch
putting it off I kept thinking, either people are going to be rude or people
are just going to try and avoid me by walking the long way too their car. But
indeed it was nothing like that.
When I first
arrived, which was around 4:26pm exactly because I checked my watch, I gathered
my container and started waking up to the front of the building, which was a
local community center in a subdivision I live in front of called Hidden Valley
Community Center, this is where I met some new friends. There were a couple of
men standing outside the election who were campaigning, so of coarse I got their vote, and they were very helpful in doing
so. Then I just randomly started walking up to people, I didn’t exactly go by
the script, but I was getting a lot of participation.
I tried to
approach everyone, young, old, men, and women. Some older women that I
approached did not want to participate, which I should have figured that
wouldn’t have, but it was worth a shot. I had 4 people not want to participate,
which I didn’t think was too bad considering I asked 34 people. I asked a man,
whom was willing to give his anonymous vote at first, until I told him to place
who he voted for into the container and then he could just dispose of the other
2. I asked one of the older gentlemen who he was and they said he was a lawyer
and that they were even shocked he stopped to listen to me.
I also noticed
that more men were willing to give their vote then women, a lot of women turned
me down. Another thing I noticed was that half the people I asked did NOT know
who they even voted for! I got a lot of, “Oh shoot, I don’t even know who I
voted for, well I voted straight republican/democrat, so whoever that was.” I
was respectful with anyone who told me that, but I found it kind of sad that
they are voting for someone that don’t even know
anything about just because they are of that one party.
I stayed from
4:26 to about 5:20ish, I got my 30 votes and was ready to leave.
Mine was for
Dan Coats (Republican) : 25
Brad Ellsworth (Democrat) : 3
Simon Burris (Liberal) : 2
Start : 4:26 PM
End: 5:20 (ish)
PM
People Asked: 34
Location: Hidden