As if it's any surprise, Slate rounds up a gaggle of novelists and asks who they're voting for. With the exception of, like, two or three hawkish writers, the overwhelming consensus goes for Kerry. Everyone's favorite wunderkind novelist and New York mag reporter David Amsden, is of the Kerry camp as well, but he also divulges a choice bit of information:

I'm voting for John Kerry. This will be my first foray into the voting booth, actually for the most part I find politics alienating, difficult to process.

You heard it here first: 24-year-old David Amsden has finally taken introductory civics and suddenly gives a shit. How heartwarming for democracy.
Roll Call: Who Are Novelists Voting For? [Slate]