POL November 3: The 2020 U.S. ELECTION DAY MAIN THREAD

Mprepared

Mprepared

Veteran Member
Northern Idaho, son-in-law went this morning and the line was all the way done the street and around the building and he is still in line. Daughter is waiting for him to get done and watch the kids so she can vote. My son and I are going tonight after he gets off work at 5.
 
Blacknarwhal

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
A little boots-on-the-ground from my teensy township, where just over 900 souls are registered to vote.

I walked in about quarter after eleven or so, and all the parking was full. I ended up behind the tiny former church we use as a township hall. The poll workers, already looking frazzled, noted that there was a line at the door when they opened this morning, and nearly a third of the township had already turned out to vote.

Of course, all the face diapers were in play and hand sanitizer was out, lest the wrath of Whitmer befall. Sharpie markers were used to vote, and I SWEAR I heard the yutz next to me voting for GARY PETERS.

Despite this, there was no violence.
 
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Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment
Went in to vote at 10:30 to miss the go to work crowd early and the lunch crown at noonish. NW NC, our county is about evenly split, Americans and communists. No line to vote, when the machine counted our ballots we were 126 - 128. A heavier than usual turnout for this area at this time of day. 150 is about a usual full day turnout for our precinct.

Only flags on trucks on the street in town were US flags, I put my subdued US flag patch on my usual contractor cap but wore a blaze orange tee as a political statement :D
 
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LibertyMom

Senior Member
The reports of long lines are interesting. Our family staggered our voting...DH was there shortly after they opened. Not much of a line. Took about 10 minutes. DS went around 9 am, reported zero line. I went around 10:15. There was a first time voter and his mom in front of me and they always cheer for them. But no line.

Our polling place is always very efficient and cordial, so I wasn’t surprised. But also, WTOP said yesterday that the number of people in Northern VA who voted early was 80% of the total voter turn-out in 2016. So a big thank you everyone who stood in line for 2-3 hours to vote early the last couple of weeks so my family could just walk-in. :cool:
 
Knighttemplar

Knighttemplar

Veteran Member
Voted at about 10:45, 30 inline when I got there and 30 when I left. Lots of young people. The worker said they gave out 1200 early ballots and that so far this morning 300 had voted in person. He had no idea how many of the early ballots had been returned.
 
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frazbo

Veteran Member
Very very rural MO Ozarks, we were #91 and #92. Steady but not busy at 8:45 a.m., pure Trump County. What is the total of 845? 17! Driving back, the digital board on the HS we passed: Time 9:11. Temp: 51. Add that all up and what do you get? You are correct: 17! (Q) Loved it!
Coincidence? Hmmmm. That's ok, I've been called crazy before.
 
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Thinwater

Firearms Manufacturer
I just got back from voting. No masks were required, no questions about anything other than photo ID that matched my registration at the poling place. I had a Trump 2020 mask so I wore it, to be safe you know. I live in a rural area and 90% of the people voting were 50-80, most conversations that I heard went something like "I own property and guns, how do you think I am going to vote?"
 
Capt. Eddie

Capt. Eddie

Veteran Member
Just got back from voting. Had to have a mask, not because of voting rules, but because of polling place building rules. Of course I didn't have one, but the nice lady that parked next to me was kind enough to give me a disposable one. Poll workers said I was number 75 today, the precinct only has around 300 registered voters.

They did have masks available just inside the door.
 
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Mixin

Veteran Member
When I voted Saturday afternoon, I was there for about 45 minutes. Here are some numbers from Hendricks County, Indiana

myhcicon.com

It's Election Day. But nearly half of Hendricks County already voted early - Hendricks County ICON - Web Edition - Avon, Brownsburg, Danville, Plainfield newspaper

By Lindsay Doty Today is Election Day but 48 percent of registered voters in Hendricks County have already cast their ballots, according to local election officials. Hendricks County has 126,291 registered voters with approximately 60,619 [...]
myhcicon.com

Today is Election Day but 48 percent of registered voters in Hendricks County have already cast their ballots, according to local election officials.

Hendricks County has 126,291 registered voters with approximately 60,619 already voting by mail or in-person at early voting locations. “It’s unheard of in Indiana.

“We processed 8,313 ballots so far this morning, ” said Hoskins at 9 a.m. on Tuesday about in-person voting on Election Day in Hendricks County.

In 2016, the total number of mail-in ballots in Hendricks County was 3,771, compared to 15,326 early mail-in ballots for 2020, according to local election officials.
 
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WalknTrot

Veteran Member
Back from the town hall, I was #392 which is about normal for this time of day in a presidential election year. Our township always has a turnout of 97-98% eligible voters, so all was on track as per usual. No waiting, probably a dozen people voting and everything was running like a fine Swiss watch.

No demonstrators, no campaigning, no exit pollers....just a fine and lovely late fall day.
 
Dobbin

Dobbin

Faithful Steed
Remember - LOTS of voters helps Trump. The bigger the turn-out, the more likely Trump will win.

www.politico.com

Could Higher Turnout Actually Help Trump?

A new study challenges the idea that suppressing the vote hurts Democrats.
www.politico.com www.politico.com

Report
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after report has shown that nonvoters nationwide prefer Democrats over Republicans. But new data from the Knight Foundation suggests that if every eligible adult voted in 2020, Democrats would likely increase their popular vote lead from the 2016 presidential election—but still lose the Electoral College.
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And this from "Politico" which is unabashedly pro-Biden.

Dobbin
 
WildDaisy

WildDaisy

God has a plan, Trust it!
One hour from arrival to vote. Two districts in one location, our district had a longer wait time by far. Longer lines that I ever witnessed voting at that district for many years. Cop we were chatting with said it was peaceful and moves along at a good pace, but has been as long as we were waiting, or longer earlier in the morning. Hasnt seen it let up in attendance.
 
Doc1

Doc1

Has No Life - Lives on TB
(This is in a rural, southern MS area, just outside of Poplarville)

DW voted first this (early) morning, since she wanted to also do some grocery shopping. She said it wasn't excessively crowded, but I figured it would be crowded a little later so I took my bike. I'm glad I did because when I arrived at around 10:45 the parking lot was very full. I was able to park the bike on a little grass strip near the entrance.

At the entrance a woman sprayed everyone's hands with sanitizer and a gentleman placed a plastic glove on our right hands. I have voted at this location many times over the years and I noticed a slightly grimmer and more serious set to most people's faces. There was less pleasant chit chat, as well. I interpreted this as a profound determination amongst (most of) the crowd to keep Biden out of the White House. This is a heavily Red area. In truth - for the presidential race anyway - it wouldn't have mattered if we voted or not as the local result is virtually predetermined. Of course we voted anyway and there were other important state issues on the ballot.

As I left the parking lot it was becoming even more crowded and yet again I was glad I took my bike as I navigated between all of those arriving and leaving! It would not surprise me in the least if a local turnout record was set.

Best
Doc
 
Tristan

Tristan

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Jubilee on Earth said:
Some intel from friends here. When we lived in Missouri we were in the county next to Christian county, which is a fairly populated county that contains the city of Nixa and Ozark. Apparently all their polling stations are down and voters are being told to come back later. It’s a county that used to be red, but over the last few years had a lot of California folks move in and is turning blue.

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Needed to get the last minute 'updates' in before voting started, (chuckle)
 
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hummer

Veteran Member
WalknTrot said:
Back from the town hall, I was #392 which is about normal for this time of day in a presidential election year. Our township always has a turnout of 97-98% eligible voters, so all was on track as per usual. No waiting, probably a dozen people voting and everything was running like a fine Swiss watch.

No demonstrators, no campaigning, no exit pollers....just a fine and lovely late fall day.
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Same here...went to town hall, parked in front of the door. Several inside voting, several came in after me, everyone masked, no problems....just Minnesota nice out in the semi boonies. Took about 10 minutes and then left. Supposed to be in the high 50's-low 60's and blue sky all week. Fall is finally here. LOL
 
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