Thursday, November 8, 2012
They are the faces on the campaign trail, at the polls and in the counting room.
They are the glue that make candidate messages stick and votes count. They are campaigners on the ground and clerks who manage the polling places. They are essential pieces in the grand political drama and American spectacle that unfolds every four years — the presidential election. Here is a glimpse into the work of a Swampscott Republican campaigning at home, a Swampscott Democrat campaigning on the road and the Swampscott team that organizes the voting. In Swampscott Republican Tim Keeter was at his post early Tuesday, almost first light in front of First Church Congregational in Swampscott at Monument Avenue. He toted a two-tiered message on a stick — a Scott Brown sign on top and a Romney and Ryan sign on the bottom — raising it …
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The battle for the 6th District seat is over.
Congressman John Tierney has defeated Republican challenger Richard Tisei in an extremely tight race for Massachusetts 6th District congressional seat. This has been an unusually high-profile congressional race in Massachusetts, which is considered a stronghold for House Democrats. Tierney suffered from the impact of a family scandal involving his wife, her brother and her brother’s illegal offshore gambling business. Tisei, on the other hand, climbed to popularity with his aggressive campaign, his theme of bipartisanship and his years of serving in the state legislature. He out-raised Tierney in campaign donations every quarter. Tisei made Tierney’s family legal scandal a focus of the campaign, calling Tierney’s credibility into question…
The turnout was a little more than 80 percent.
In the end, Swampscott voted as did the entire state or district on the contested major races, giving majority support to the Democrats: President Obama, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Congressman John Tierney. The turnout was 80.4 percent, on a par with the last presidential election when 80 percent of Swampscott's registered voters voted. President Obama LIVE 2012 SWAMPSCOTT ELECTION RESULTS Obama-Biden Elizabeth Warren John Tierney Swampscott Updates From The Polls Monday, 3:30 p.m. Town Clerk Susan Duplin had her ballots and polling clerk supplies neatly packed in boxes at Town Hall, ready to be transported within the hour to the town's three polling places. Monday the Town Clerk's Office was thronged with people, 10 at a time …
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Town of Swampscott Middle School
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First Church In Swampscott, Congregational
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The Swampscott Senior Center
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By way of comparison we have also included the totals from Marblehead. Leave any thoughts in the comments box below.
Does anything stick out in the way of a surprise when you look at the Swampscott voting totals in the table below? By way of a comparison we also included the table from Marblehead. 2012 SWAMPSCOTT ELECTION RESULTS Obama-Biden Elizabeth Warren John Tierney Obama-Biden Elizabeth Warren John Tierney
Here are photos and stories from the field on Election Day in Swampscott.
They include thoughts from people voting for the first time in America, a Dunkin' Donuts exit poll and bake sale chatter. Feel free to add your photos to the album.
First Church Sotir Shuka, a former writer and journalist in his native Albania, voted in his first US presidential election today, casting his ballot at the First Church of Swampscott in the morning. Back in his native land his life was endangered for his political writings. People voted in Albania but they were told whom to vote for, told which ballot box to place their vote in, their actions monitored by police. He became an American citizen one year ago. Today, he said, he voted for change. "We need to move forward, we're kind of stuck," he said. Inside the First Church, Laura Kelly was voting in her latest presidential election. She first voted back in the 1980s. She votes because it is important, a civic duty and because she has a …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
A majority of voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 11 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Massachusetts' 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Shortly after 8 p.m., the AP called Massachusetts for Obama, along with with six other east coast states and the District of Columbia. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Massachusetts. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state, as was the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare. Romney cast his ballot this morning in his hometown of Belmont, …
What's it like inside one of America's most exclusive parties? Patch is there to find out.
Mitt Romney's back in Massachusetts and throwing a party tonight. Ever wonder what a presidential election night party is like? What do you wear? What's the food like? How excited do people get? Newton Patch Editor Melanie Graham is at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center for Romney's shin-dig and will tweet out all these details and more as the night goes on.
What's it like when the potential next leader of the free world votes in your town? Patch sent three editors to find out.
How do you start the most important day in your life? If you're Mitt Romney, you come back to your home town to vote. Belmont will witness one of the rarest sites in America: A presidential candidate voting on election day. Join Patch as we live tweet from inside and outside the Beech Street Center in Belmont. Editors will capture the scene with tweets, photos, video and more. From broadcast news trucks to local media to protesters to residents just looking to get to Dunks, the scene should provide a colorful start to election day. ___ Late Update, 10:27 a.m.: Check out Belmont Editor Franklin Tucker's photo gallery from inside the voting station. 9:23 a.m.: "Line to vote has disappeared at Romney's polling place in Belmont," tweeted @…
Town Clerk Susan Duplin said preparation is key to help smooth the way in what is sure to be an extraordinarily busy Tuesday.
It all comes down to this: preparation. Yes, Town Clerk Susan Duplin says preparation is all important to have the best chance of a smooth, or at least less hectic, Election Day. The clerk and a helper were doing exactly that, preparing, late Monday afternoon inside a mostly quiet First Church, one of three polling places in Swampscott. Except for footsteps, the light scrape of a few polling table legs and the rustle of paper being placed on tables the room was still. Sixteen hours later, on Tuesday morning, throngs of voters will descend upon the town's polling places, the church, the Middle School and the Senior Center. It's an exciting day for the town's registered voters, numbering 10,263 at the last count. It's an exciting day for…
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The Swampscott Senior Center
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Kathryn Boivin
4:39 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
I used to live in Massachusetts, and I know how idiotic the voters there are--they keep voting in the same slimy, paid off criminals year after year. I hope you enjoy all the higher taxes, higher unemployment, higher energy costs, inflation and misery coming everyone's way now that you dumb democrats have reelected an inept, progressive, socialist liberal president hell bent on making "everyone … more ›