Moved to Texas a little while ago and was fairly well amazed at how much lower impact the race was, compared to Ohio. My phone number is still Ohio, and I did get a few Obama phone calls as well as one Romney phone call, all slightly disappointed when they found out I wasn't an Ohio voter anymore. (As with last election, only the Obama people actually asked for my vote... the Romney supporter asked if, as a church worker, I would stump for Romney. GOP needs to figure out that someone being a church worker doesn't necessarily put them in the bag.)

All in all I felt a bit weird about the whole thing. Other than the presidential debate, I didn't know much about the races going on here, and several times it wasn't even a matter of hitting the straight ticket button... there were a few instances when I had to vote for the Republican or the Libertarian. The only other race I had a strong opinion on was for the House, and that totally based on advertising. (Hint to ad drivers... if you use the word "liberal" as a boogey man, you've lost me. Though apparently it will get you elected in Texas.)

Oh well. The significantly reduced ad time almost had me thinking that the Election wasn't really yesterday... and from the looks of things my vote actually matters in Bexar county... a bunch of dems won their races. Dallas actually went blue, too! Of course, that may lead to people treating Texas as a swing state next time around. I might be willing to concede the 38 electoral votes if it means this relative peace around election time.