After a slow start to the election, voters flocked to the polls today, many of them expressing anger about the country's direction.In Fort Collins, former lifelong Democrat Charles Propp said he switched to independent last year because he was so frustrated by the "change" he saw in government.
"I voted straight Republican," said the retired utility company worker, 74, outside a polling center. "The government doesn't have any, any rights to be in the business area. They're starting to run everything."
Asked about the kind of change he felt President Obama had brought to Washington,, Propp replied: "It didn't change for good."
As of 3:30 p.m. today, Larimer County Clerk Scott Doyle estimated that about 100,000 people had cast ballots, either before Election Day or at vote centers on Tuesday.
Doyle earlier had estimated that the election would draw about 80 percent of the county's 167,000 active registered voters, but he lowered that estimate Tuesday to about 65 percent, which he said is typical for a mid-term election.
Republicans were turning out in far greater numbers than Democrats, suggesting that the GOP wave forecast for months was coming to fruition. – More -
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