The day before The Day. Close, they all say, and maybe it is. Exit polls will offer early hints. If those polls--asking people after they've voted how they voted--are lopsided--Romney 58, Obama 42, say, the experts will probably call the state for Romney. If the margin is close--two or three points, the experts will probably label it Too Close to Call until more real votes have been counted. States' electoral votes go winner-take-all. Whoever gets the most popular votes gets all the electoral votes.
It matters. Romney has come to stand for the radical wing of the Republican Party. His running mate, Congressman Ryan, is one of its prime spokesmen. If they win, look for proposals to dismantle Medicare, for instance, replace it with a voucher system, maybe. Social Security might be changed as well. Romney has promised to get rid of "Obamacare" completely.
To do this big stuff, of course, Mitt Romney would have to win the presidency; the GOP would have to win the House, which it controls now, and the Senate, which the Democrats do.
Big stuff. Whomever you choose, vote. Please, please vote. It matters.
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