Any MO FReepers out there...how did the polling places look today in comparison to other non presidential year primaries?
I’m in the 7th Congressional district of Missouri (Springfield). My polling place was pretty slow. One and two voters at a time. Still that’s probably busier than average for a non-general election. On the Missouri board some FReepers said they had lines at their polling places.
I am in District 8 (Lees Summit) and it was dead. I went up at noon and I was the only person there to vote. I am concerned about the effort to GOTV.
I just got back from my polling place. It is 4pm, and 100 degrees here. There were two filing out as I went in, and three coming in the door as I left. I stupidly forgot to look at the turnout counter on the machine. I believe it was at four digits, though.
My wife went earlier in the day, and said that the polling place was deluged with blue hairs asking for Republican ballots (no offense to present company blue hairs).
Mine was very light, however I live in a staunchly Dem area (St. Louis city), and conservatives were really the only ones motivated to get out and vote. I guess that’s a good sign.
I don’t think those who are saying that the turnout is light have been keeping track of mid-term, summer elections over the years.
I actually do keep track of my voter number that gets assigned to me when I sign in. The numbering system is a simple count up of the number of voters who voted before me.
I always go to the polls at about the same time so as to establish a baseline for estimating voter turnout. Then, right before the polls close, my parents usually show up at the polls to vote. They then relay their voter numbers to me so that I have a more accurate count of voter turnout in our district.
I was assigned number 157 this afternoon. That’s about 100 more voters than four years ago when I was voter number 53 for that year’s mid-term, summer elections.
Therefore, at least in my district, voter turnout is running about 3x higher than four years ago.
Cheers
I voted at 4:00 pm and was #177. No one else was there.
Slow but steady stream of older folks in my area. Hot as Hades in the Ozarks. However, that may keep the ACORN nuts away as they may get even more squirrely in the heat. Bake what is left of their brains.
Prop C should breeze thru:)