First post here, I've been lurking a looong time but finally decided to join. I wanted to post my observations of voting early in what I would call a purple area of a state that always seems to go blue.
Voting line was minimal, went at around 10:00 AM on a Saturday. All I had to do was provide my name, address and signature to vote, no ID required. I don't know if they matched the signature or not, but my signature at this point is just a scribble so hoping my vote gets counted.
What shocked me is that for many positions the Republicans didn't even put up a candidate! I had planned to vote straight R but like HALF of the positions for like state senate and other things didn't even have a Republican! It was like giving the dems free votes! There was one senate position where my choice was a democrat or a Libertarian, so I gave my vote to the Libertarian.
Also, at the polling place they had about 50 signs for various candidates outside, including a huge sign for Sniffy Joe. Then they had one teeny, tiny Trump sign way in the back where you couldn't see it from the road. That made me so mad.
But voting for Trump made me feel so good! I tell you, the energy for Trump that I see here and on Youtube makes me so hopeful that even my state which always goes blue may, just may, flip red this time around.
Yeah, dude, the R's not opposing D's in state races is ridiculous. At least put some business person in a nice suit/dress and put em on the ballot. No reason to be giving free jobs to socialists. I think we've learned this year just how important local positions are. Soros sure thinks so.
I live in a red area and there were quite a few uncontested republican candidates.
Exactly. I didn't realize things were so bad they weren't even trying. There should always be a choice, makes me sad they didn't even try putting a candidate up. Makes me sad I live in such a blue area.
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I see the same thing in my area, except it's Republicans running unopposed.