The last few times I have had a business trip scheduled and had to vote early on the weekend before the election it probably took no more than an hour to cast my vote.  With that in mind I went by my registrar of voters to cast my vote on Friday before work.  I saw a line that appeared would take more time than I was willing to spend so I decided to postpone until Saturday.  

Saturday came and I arrived at the same place 15 minutes after the polls had opened.  I could not find parking and left again saying I will try again but an hour ealrier.

Today I arrived a bit more the 30 minutes before the polls opened and found parking but still saw a big line.  I was hoping to be out in a couple of hours but it took twice that long.

In my time in line I saw people from all walks of life.  One couple of interest was a 30 year old hottie frumped down while hanging out with her 50 year old husband well over 50lbs overweight.  He had on his cross and a ministry T-shirt.  I imagine he shares some of the un-pure thoughts I was having about his hot wife as well.

Overall, the crowd was civil and made friends across what probably were party lines.  We were in it together as Americans.  Living in California, it was obvious from the typical demographics that about 60% were there to vote for Obama.  

The one thing that I did notice is the there were only 5% of what you would call "youth" voters waiting in line.  The press always seems to put them up as a major swing factor but I didn't see that in line.  As I said, there were a broad spectrum of demographics so I thought the youth would have been represented in greater numbers.  

Anyway, I hated losing those 4 hours but I am traveling this week and wouldn't have voted if I didn't wait.  There are people losing a lot more than 4 hours right now representing this country so I can't complain.