Posted on 10/21/2020 4:13:01 PM PDT by 11th_VA
During the first week of early voting, trends in smaller counties are mirroring what's happening in the bigger ones.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Counties of all sizes across the state of Tennessee broke records a week into early voting. More rural areas saw increased voter turnout, but their line wait times at the polls stayed low.
A week into early voting, more than a million Tennesseans cast a ballot across the state. That's according to the Tennessee Secretary of State's Office.
Voting looks different at polls all across the state, but one thing is the same: Even in the more rural counties, early voting numbers are setting records.
"We're voting about 400 to 500 per day more than we voted at the same time for the 2016 presidential election," Jefferson County Election Administrator Charles Gibson said. "We're averaging about 1,450 people a day. We have, as of five days, have voted 9,079 people, which is a record for the county in early voting."
In Jefferson County, at the main polling location in Dandridge, the line to vote takes about 30 minutes on average.
"The lines look longer than they are because they are out the door when normally they wouldn't be because we're having to do the six feet social distancing, but, shoot, we are very excited about the turnout, It's phenomenal," Gibson explained.
... lines to early vote have been longer than normal. The wait time is low compared to bigger areas like Knox County.
"We are nothing in comparison to the larger cities and we are blessed to be able to be a little more personal with the process because of that," Gibson admitted.
As of Monday, 25 percent of registered voters in Jefferson County had already cast a ballot.
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Good news for Trump ...
I hope that you are right, is it a district that voted for President Trump in 2016?
Same thing here in the exurban part of west Knox County, with the wait for initial voting running about 2 hours. Mine was 0 hours, since I voted absentee.
If i saw a line that was 2 hours long, I would just wait until election day. Everyone else would have voted.
Turnout is key. Typical turnout is 55%. If the GOP can spike Republican turnout to 60%, the Dems will be flattened in an electoral tsunami.
That’s what the Trump rallies are all about - goosing turnout. He took the trouble to meet and greet his supporters. His supporters should take the trouble to vote.
Drove through downtown Martinsburg, WV today. Early voting line probably 100yds long stretched around the block. I have no idea when their early voting started.
And Maryland is going to be a HUGE Charlie-Foxtrot. Watch.
They reduced the number of voting centers AND early voting doesn’t even start till next week.
Hogan is a dumbass.
Trump: 14,776
Hillary: 3,494
Tears.. i miss west knox so so bad. In 4cyears we will be back, for good. Stuck in the peoples republic of NC. Weekly rides on cerohalla and the tail. Snoffle. Go vols.
Mrs. Slim and I voted today at Tijeras City Hall, usually a 5 minute deal. We were in line for about 45 minutes. The tally on the ballot reader was close to 800, where 100 is normal. The guy in front of us had a “We The People” tattoo on his arm, so I’d put him in the plus column.
Going back to election night 2016, this is how Florida was won that night. All the record-breaking rural vote in smaller counties had added together and blown away the Dem vote in bigger counties.
Carville and other analysts said that night that the rural counties in VA and NC had been piling on the votes as well.
It seems like maybe the same high rural vote pattern is repeating itself, which is very good news for our side.
Even bigger this year - Trump has the big Mo ...
One of my favorite SUV rides is a 180 mile loop from my home to the Cherohala Skyway and back via the tail of the dragon. No motorcycle rides since Memorial Day weekend of 1988 when I had an accident that made me a member of the Broken Angles Motorcycle Club.
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