tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post7197923258695645597..comments2023-11-05T10:39:02.712+00:00Comments on gladley: The day I went to the polls and didn't votegladleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16603955636771429512noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-15339876223694377572012-11-12T18:46:28.588+00:002012-11-12T18:46:28.588+00:00Yes, that's how I experienced it four years ag...Yes, that's how I experienced it four years ago. I remember not even being able to stay up late because I had a hectic work schedule the next day. Woke up and Radio 4 told me who the USA had elected. So it was such a different experience actually being here.gladleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603955636771429512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-87569841183490513582012-11-12T18:42:44.360+00:002012-11-12T18:42:44.360+00:00Thanks! I love TAL too. It's one of the few po...Thanks! I love TAL too. It's one of the few podcasts I download regularly, and have done for quite some time now.gladleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603955636771429512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-15303387013925685312012-11-10T09:39:39.277+00:002012-11-10T09:39:39.277+00:00Really interesting post. I followed the results o...Really interesting post. I followed the results on Radio 4 dozing in and out of sleep, it is very much a spectacle from this side of the world. ALoadofOldTathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991286392563424440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-45144090736012044992012-11-09T19:37:27.884+00:002012-11-09T19:37:27.884+00:00Great post! I haven't heard that episode of Th...Great post! I haven't heard that episode of This American Life yet, but I'm sure I will soon. I love that show. Yellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623066458275205721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-73525508509862394632012-11-08T21:55:55.217+00:002012-11-08T21:55:55.217+00:00I'm a politics graduate and the processes fasc...I'm a politics graduate and the processes fascinate me, but I don't generally have an interest in blogging about it. However, from a cultural stand point (which I GUESS you could say I like to blog about) I find it very interesting, especially the differences between the UK and the USA. Especially when I live in a country where I can't vote.<br /><br />One really cool thing about voting in the UK is that you can do absentee/postal ballot, but you can also do a proxy vote. That's where you nominate someone (you trust) to physically go to the polls and vote on your behalf. I got to do it for a friend once, and I felt extra virtuous that day!gladleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603955636771429512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-83595913791329080392012-11-08T21:50:02.370+00:002012-11-08T21:50:02.370+00:00actually reading this makes me glad i vote absente...actually reading this makes me glad i vote absentee. skip all the weird people divided amongst two parties. and indeed. we don't directly vote our presidents. i kind of avoid politics as a discussion point at all costs and am quite honestly glad to get the politcal bashing each other commercials out of my life for awhile.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303353442609842973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-68483238503002434222012-11-08T14:22:03.500+00:002012-11-08T14:22:03.500+00:00Thanks, it was really interesting to be on the sid...Thanks, it was really interesting to be on the sidelines, as it were, during this moment in the country of my residence. gladleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603955636771429512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6473718776411954343.post-16872610294862421142012-11-07T19:22:46.761+00:002012-11-07T19:22:46.761+00:00I really like this. I have worked polling locales...I really like this. I have worked polling locales and exit polls before, and it is extremely interesting to observe people and conversations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602794470283962696noreply@blogger.com