Thanks for your posts/work the last few weeks. Maybe I am odd but I would rather have had a hopeful period than just a long, dark road into the abyss. Maybe it’s denial but it was a happier place for a few weeks. :)
We are still trying to figure out why there was report after report of Republican precincts having incredible turnout then in fact underperforming. I have a theory that involves the change they made a polling places by combining several precincts into one "location" (i.e., one table within a polling place, rather than three or four as we previously had.) This reduced the number of poll workers by 50% at least, and, I think, slowed down the process drastically (hence, long lines, hence the appearance of massive turnout) when in fact it was lower turnout being handled more slowly than ever.