The Shrine

I pretyt much watched all the coverage from 6-11 at bars around DC and they were all packed. The TV were turned up and everyone cheers and boos the state results, its pretty entertaining for the people watching and social aspects alone.

Now, i'm exhausted, though... the day after an election should be a holiday.

Maybe with no hockey they'd try that up here. But going to a bar to watch election results when there's paint left to dry? No way

The bar I worked in was busy as all hell for the 2008 election and I expect it was the same this time. Any bar where there's a sense of community (translation: not a sports bar) is going to pull a large amount of the community in to watch election results. In 2008 I worked the door until about 11 when the election results were coming in. By the time Obama was confirmed I was on my first beer and there was literally no standing room in the entire place. In my bar we enforced a certain amount of respect. No one said a word during McCain's concession and some asshole was scoffing during Obama's first address and me and a couple other people told him to knock it off and be respectful.

Our sister bar down the street caters to an older crowd (translation: Republican) and some woman got thrown out for shouting nigger over and over again. So the type of bar brings in different kinds of people but anyone who wants to see an election in public is probably in a bar. Older people do tend to stay at home and watch coverage from their sofas. Young people and those that were involved in the election tend to want to be somewhere communal, so they're limited to bars unless they're in an area with a headquarters.

Alcohol and politics, great mix! =)