*extra* FREAKISHLY LARGE VOTER TURNOUT

pressure from co-workers to be civic-minded. "What do you MEAN you hadn't planned on voting?!! I'm driving you to the polls RIGHT NOW. I don't care if you live in Oakland!" Lines at some polling places (mine anyway) stretching around the block!
WOO-HOO! girls standing on the median at major intersections holding "honk if you love Kerry/Edwards!" (deafening cacophany ensues, causing progressive-minded cyclist made already unstable by candidate posters on bike to nearly lose control). The phrase on everone's lips today: "heard any returns yet?"