Posted on 11/08/2016 6:51:10 AM PST by CWW
Please post you anecdotal turnout observations here for Pennsylvania. Include your location and how it compares to 2012.
Amen. Been saying prayers all day.
No issues when voting today here in Monroeville (middle class Pittsburgh suburb trending towards lower-middle class as the sewage seeps East from the city & inner suburbs). The line was longer than 2012 but not nearly as long as 2008, around 9:15 AM.
For the first time ever, and I’ve been voting here for 20 years, there was a cop on duty at the polling location.
My precinct probably has an average voter age of 55-60, and the Democrats who have full control in this municipality are ever so thoughtful when it comes to “helping” senior citizens with their vote.
My precinct voted for both McCain in ‘08 & Romney in ‘12 (this neighborhood is still more middle class than lower class, for now), with about 56% for the Republican each time, and with about 75% turnout each time — so it’s not exactly a bellwether as far as predicting the election outcome.
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There was nobody passing out anything at my polling place either, which also is very unusual.
Lehigh Township, Northampton County here. My wife called me this morning at 7:10 am to report a long line (over 150) of mostly white males waiting to vote. She was number 25. She saw a lot of her church friends there too, so the evangelicals are coming out to vote early.
This is a predominately Republican district.
I will be going out at around noon.
Wyomissing Hills......crazy big turnout. Lots of older folks. Our voting district is pretty balanced between asses and elephants. I think older folks like Trump, but we have a lot of upper middle class folks who want to “help” others but don’t want to be actively involved in anything.....’let the government do it liberals’. They get to feel good about themselves.....since it about them anyway.
The people are speaking......I’m not sure what they are saying.....and I am not sure I care either way. The fact this election is close shows we are screwed.
Curious about the no Trump sign. My polling place had only one Trump sign and they let the dems intermingle their signs with ours. I mentioned this to the rep sidewalk greeters and they got kind of snarky. I got the feeling they might be nevertrumpers.
Heard of long lines in Scranton.
Voted about an hour ago (Bucks County).
I vote at a location that is shared by several precincts. For some reason, I have never had to wait at my precinct, but the other ones had long lines, longer than I have seen there before.
There are several retirement villages in the area who vote there, and they have shuttle buses for voters, so those people arrive in groups, which might explain the longer than usual lines.
Also, this is also the first time I have had to park at an alternate parking lot (slightly longer walk).
I happen to live down the street from my voting location, one of two primary access routes, so I can look out my front window and get an idea of the traffic. It is quite heavy now, and this will continue all day.
45 minute wait in Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh (I was there about 710-755 AM). 5 minute wait about 915 in North Hills’ suburb, but line formed quickly after I got there with my relative. She was not on the roll - not sure why not, only difference is she adjusted her address (she did not move, just listed it diff on her ID) on ID a few years back?
Oh the vote for me in Pittsburgh was most crowded I ever remember - voting since 1984.
Then go move to Pennsylvania if you want to know. I’m not interested in your little reminders.
We have no party affiliation tables. Just town districts where you go to sign in and get your ballot.
Franklin County has huge lines. Heavily republican area.
AMEN!!!!!
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Plum looks like a nice place, judging from the website.
Don't be rude. It's a perfectly legitimate suggestion. Statements about how long a line is mean NOTHING unless you give the reader some historical context. If there were 200 people in line this morning but 500 people in line in 2012...and you are in a dim district...that means something. If you waited for 2 hours this morning at 9 when in 2012 you walked right up and voted...that means something too.
Giving no historical context...when it's there to be given...is just lazy and does not help us get an understanding of the pulse.
Middle school in Bucks was jammed this morning. Took about an hour to get through. Signage in the area is about 90% Trump and 10% Hil.
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