Arrived at my polling place 1/2 hour before the 6:00 official opening. I was about 25th in line; not bad compared to 2008, when the line had already snaked a block away (similar in ‘12 but less).
I greeted the Trump volunteers before getting in line and sipped my coffee. The official opened the outside doors to the building about 5:35 to let us in (the polling place was through an inner door). She positioned us down a hallway, which was good, so I could keep an eye on the “voting guides” the people were carrying as they walked in and got behind me: The DemocRAT guides were blue, the Republican guides were salmon. I did a tally: All told, I counted about 100 voters before the polls opened at 6:00. Of those (of those carrying voting guides)...
* 100% of the African American voters carried DemocRAT guides;
* 100% of the Latino voters carried DemocRAT guides;
* All but one of the white voters carried DemocRAT guides
Considering I am behind enemy lines here in deep blue Fairfax County Virginia, I’m not surprised.
After voting, I again went to the Trump volunteers and thanked them, wishing them luck for today. On to work...
You know, after all that’s been exposed re: HRC, if the electorate is this willfully ignorant/stupid, they deserve their tyranny.
If she wins, I hope every true patriot withdraws from the system for all but the barest essentials, thus triggering its fall.
Hopefully the Trump voters didn’t need the guides - or they were afraid to be seen carrying one in Fairfax. In Stafford Co. this AM, no one seemed to be taking the Dem voter guides.
To be honest, I always snag the dem cheat sheet. I already know how I’m voting, and it leaves one less for them to hand out to someone who might need it.
We are counteracting...
Location: Leesburg VA. (Loudoun County)
Arrival:5:40am am
Number of people in line at 6:00AM:200
Number of people in line at 6:30AM: 200 (steady flow)
Number of people with blue sample ballot: 10
Number of people with green sample ballot: 1
Number of people who did not have/need sample ballot: 90+%
Democratic Mayor candidate standing out front no more than 10% of people acknowledge her.
Overheard election official say they are going to run out of ballots. Get out early and vote!
When I voted early here in NC, As I was walking into polling place I was handed a Dem blue sheet. I asked which Judges were Dem and after she helpfully showed me, I politely thanked her and said “ Now I know who not to vote for”. Her expression was priceless.
I live in a predominately black neighbor hood and district in South Eastern Virginia. This morning was about a 50/50 mix which is unusual. The Trump signs outnumbered the Clinton signs by about 20 to 2. Again unusual. The black guy that was 2 people behind me was talking to a white guy about Clintons criminal behavior. I’m pretty sure I know who the lesbians in front of me were voting for.