I voted earlier this morning at my designated polling place. I’ll be serving as a poll watcher and vote flusher this afternoon and evening at a different polling place.
I live in a suburb of Cleveland with a very large African-American population, and most of the voters I saw there were white. The most excited African-American I saw was one of the poll workers, who seemed almost electric with excitement about *something*.
Of course, you can’t campaign that close to the polls, but I find it hard to believe that he was that psyched up about Hillary.
We’ve heard absolutely nothing about the military vote. Why not?
Just finished voting. Took 6 minutes to drive to the Elementary school where I vote. Parked in front of the door, as there were only two cars in the lot. Walked in, 2 voters were voting, no line. Visited with the nice people working the station. Voted on paper ballots, left. Two more people were coming in.
Qualifiers: this is a rural county in North Central Texas. There could never be a line - just not enough people live here.
Huge turnout in my local precinct, which is balanced dem/rep in an otherwise dem state. Lots of Trump signs, no Hillary whatsoever; however, state going for Trump is most unlikely and would nothing short of a miracle.
I’m already starting to get the sense that this is going to be Trump in a landslide. CNN for first time this election, moved Hillary to below 270+ EV guaranteed. Even Fox has backed off their map off Hillary easily winning and now show a tossup.
We will have a pretty good idea by later this afternoon from the expressions on the media’s faces how this is going.
In the belly of the beast - political freak show - California. While the delegates here are not “in play”, I get my satisfaction by asking the poll worker if they need to see my ID. The shear horror on their face, when I ask them “why not?”, is enjoyable. When I was leaving, a friend (with a red shirt) asked how I voted for - I loudly said “guilty”.
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5btnpq/i_voted_in_pa_lines_3_times_longer_than_normal/
Lines "3 times longer than normal" according to pollsters. And they "are running out of I voted stickers" !
Another comment:
I've passed out materials during primaries and generals for decades. I've never seen lines anywhere close to today. I was in line 1/2 hour before the doors opened and was #53. I was #2 in the primary and #6 in 2012. It's been a sea of people wearing red in Central PA.
And another:
Voted in the last 3 elections, and this years primary. I was the fifth person in line for the primary, got there 10 minutes before the poll opened. This time, I was the 25th person in line 30 minutes before polls opened, when I left the line was wrapping around the building.
I never saw so many voters. Even when Obama won.
New York- Erie County - suburb of Buffalo
250th to vote at 8AM - she said there was a line before they even opened.
10:45am Glen Beck and his side kick called North Carolina for Clinton and called the election as a whole for Clinton on the assumption NC was lost.
Lie, lie, lie. The “consultant” they had on I didn’t get the name but he was a squishy, gaydar alert kind of guy.
Working a poll in southern MD. so far steady stream of voters all morning no morning rush just a steady flow.
Thanks for posting this. The thread over at CTH is a good one and very encouraging. I have FR and CTH open side by side. MAGA!
Carmel, Indiana. North suburbs of Indianapolis. Very republican area. Polls opened at my Church (College Park) at 6 am and eople were waiting when the polls opened.
I arrived at 8:45am. Waiting line was between 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Very long lines. (people who arrived at first thing this morning said that it took them 1-1/2 hours to vote.)
I was told that early voting at the public library in Carmel the last few weeks were also very long and would stretch out of the building. I was told by poll works is was very busy and will likely worse as the day wears on.
My personal prediction: MONSTER VOTE IS HAPPENING
I’m in a small Minnesota town in a county that leans heavily Republican. I was voter 591 at 9:00 this morning. Considering our population is 4,000 people, that is YUGE! Nice lady handing out stickers said they’re anticipating a record turnout.
Wake County, Fuquay Varina, NC. Our state had early voting, but I always wait until election day to vote. I voted at 9:30 this morning. There were two people ahead of me to get my ballot and then I had to wait for an empty booth to fill it out. Here you fill in the circles on the ballot and then feed it into the machine on the way out to record your vote. I was in and out in 20 minutes and I wore red. It felt good voting for Trump, a big FU to the crooked establishment.
Voted in 90% Dem. district (downtown Brooklyn, NY). Waited 1 hour 3/4 in 2012, in and out in a half hour today. There were 3 lines to wait on: (1) to sign your name on the register and get a ballot); (2) to fill out the ballot at a “privacy booth” and (3) to scan in the ballot. (I brought a 400 page book to read while I waited in line, remembering my 2012 experience, and didn’t even open it!) I know this is just anecdotal, but these libs were just not as enthusiastic about Hillary as they were about the “Mulatto Mugabe.”
Voted in 90% Dem. district (downtown Brooklyn, NY). Waited 1 hour 3/4 in 2012, in and out in a half hour today. There were 3 lines to wait on: (1) to sign your name on the register and get a ballot); (2) to fill out the ballot at a “privacy booth” and (3) to scan in the ballot. (I brought a 400 page book to read while I waited in line, remembering my 2012 experience, and didn’t even open it!) I know this is just anecdotal, but these libs were just not as enthusiastic about Hillary as they were about the “Mulatto Mugabe.”
Rural north central Texas. Temperatures in the low 60’s with mist and light rain. We voted at a church and when we walked in all of the table voting booths were full. There were no lines but we are out in the sticks so there rarely is unless it is peak time. They said 60 ballots cast in first 1 1/2 hr which is what is generally about what you would expect to see around 11-12 normally.
Southern Vermont here (Grafton). Good amount of people in line at poll opening at 9am. Pretty good for a town of fewer than 700. Wore my red shirt as well. Noticed Trump/Pence was last on the list of five candidates for President - Hillary was first, of course.
Unlike 08 and 12, my polling place (MD, very blue van Hollen district) was like a ghost town. No Hillary yard signs at all.