I believe that’s a good sign?
In Georgia? Definitely. They’d be consistently blue if not for republican ratfucking
Yep. Increased turnout in the states tends to correlate positively with a bluer outcome in a statistically significant fashion. Which is also why the GOP is constantly bleating about “voter fraud” (which is actually vanishingly rare these days, with most instances actually being perpetrated by republican voters trying to “combat” this fictional voter fraud), engaging in electoral fraud and partisan gerrymandering (which is NOT rare, particularly in red states), and generally making it harder for people to vote.
They know that they’re demographically on the losing side, and they’re trying to plug the dam with their fingers.
Its just as likely to affect poor republican voters as poor democrat voters. I don’t know that increased turnout is an obvious benefit for one party. I would prefer if those who could vote do, but keep in mind there are disenfranchised voters. In Georgia I think its somewhere around 5% of adults aren’t allowed to vote.
I was listening to Jon Stewart’s most recent Weekly Show podcast and he had Stacey Abrams on, and she said that increased voter turnout benefits dems right now because the Republicans have power but have generally unpopular policies, but it has been flipped in the past.
Flush The Turd Again
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest.
Get. Your. Hands. Off. My. Ballot!
And you sir, are you ready to receive my limp ballot?
Can you smell the succulence?
I see you know your judo, sah.
I see that you know your judo well.
Oh god I’m so close, I’ve been edging this type of news for months, I’m going to turn to dust once I finally pop.
Reading this:
“Raffensperger said his office’s goal at early voting sites and at the 2,400 polling places on Election Day is to have voters spend as little time as possible filling out their ballots. It took the average voter only a few minutes to cast a ballot on Tuesday morning”
from here in Los Angeles, where my ballot was 6 pages long, I’m jealous. I think I could do without having to vote on the judges and Community College Board members, although I guess it offers a wedge into what otherwise could be an old-boy network.
Anyway, my CA ballot has been collected and counted, I got the text today.
Page and a half here, and almost all of it was uncontested local elections.
