I voted at 9:30. I was voter number 32. Typically by this time, there would be about 500 voters at my precinct. Anecdotal evidence from around the district suggests that this is pretty much the turnout everywhere. (Except Danchai, my aide, voted at 9 and he was number voter number 8!)
I am wondering if any of you have thoughts on why turnout in this election is so Gawdawful.
We’ve had a spirited primary race here in the 11th. Was it too negative?
The Mt. Vernon Committee has signs up along the highways reminding people that today is election day. Combine that with all the mail and the phone calls and no one could say they were unaware that today was Election Day.
Is it voter fatigue? Or is it just the heat? Share your thoughts.
I think it’s not necessarily fatigue as much as lower visibility and much less media for this primary
FYI, I was voter #3 at Woodlawn at 6:10 am! By 7 AM, there were 10 voters…..we did however make a few hundred GOTV calls into Woodlawn this AM with our volunteers, and people were actually GLAD to get our calls, so we’ll see if any of them turn out better.
Of course, we are in the 8th so we don’t have the Connolly-Byrne rumble to worry about either….
I really thought the 11th would be a much higher turnout, frankly. But man, anyone who comes out to vote in the EIGHTH today is someone we need to ID!
I was number 1 at 6:45 this morning (though thats the 8th)… almost an hour after the polls opened.
Ack. NOT good.