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Qutzupalotl

(14,286 posts) Fri Nov 2, 2018, 10:52 PM Nov 2018

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18-29 year olds SURGE in early voting

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414098-young-and-new-voters-surge-in-early-voting

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18-29 year olds SURGE in early voting (Original Post) Qutzupalotl Nov 2018 OP

Great News bdamomma Nov 2018 #1

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glimmer of Hope Nov 2018 #2

Correct me if wrong. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #3

good question Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 #5

They may try to account for it moving forward, but this blows up current "Likely Voter" models YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #6

Wow. I don't really know, though, how they know that. In EV in TX, no one Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 #4

I'm going on the assumption that high turnout favors Dems. Qutzupalotl Nov 2018 #8

Please, God. TomSlick Nov 2018 #7

ha ha..yeah Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #9

WOW. Voting by 18-29 in TN is up 767% SunSeeker Nov 2018 #10

Right? The Taylor Swift Effect nt More_Cowbell Nov 2018 #12

Some others stars also like Rihanna. Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #13

Best news today! Hopefully the polls are dead wrong. JudyM Nov 2018 #15

Will Trump have to finally admit that people fucking hate him? world wide wally Nov 2018 #11

Yay!!!!! This would be exciting in any election year, but especially this one!! nt LAS14 Nov 2018 #14

Oh wait. I thought Kornacki said that the millennials Horse with no Name Nov 2018 #16

When myself and my friends were that age we ALL voted for Dems...... Bengus81 Nov 2018 #17

K&R, Americans are liking this early voting ... it needs to be protected uponit7771 Nov 2018 #18

This is great but Michigan doesn't have early voting... Buckeyeblue Nov 2018 #19

bdamomma

(63,799 posts)

1. Great News

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 10:57 PM

Nov 2018

this election is it, LETS GET OUR COUNTRY BACK!!

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

2. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:00 PM

Nov 2018

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

3. Correct me if wrong.

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:00 PM

Nov 2018

None of this is accounted in polling? Don’t they use the past history to build their models?

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

5. good question

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:01 PM

Nov 2018

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)

6. They may try to account for it moving forward, but this blows up current "Likely Voter" models

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:02 PM

Nov 2018

It can't be bad for democrats.

Those numbers in TX, TN and GA are nuts!

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

4. Wow. I don't really know, though, how they know that. In EV in TX, no one

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:00 PM

Nov 2018

asked even what party I was with let alone my age/race, whatever.

I have been curious ....it's that Dem polling outfit that somehow interviews people?

Not doubting #s

Qutzupalotl

(14,286 posts)

8. I'm going on the assumption that high turnout favors Dems.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:32 PM

Nov 2018

But you’re right, we can’t tell how people are voting. People could vote differently from their affiliation and we wouldn’t know. But I think it’s a safe bet we’re winning most of these races.

TomSlick

(11,088 posts)

7. Please, God.

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:24 PM

Nov 2018

Let it be so.

Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)

9. ha ha..yeah

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:38 PM

Nov 2018

SunSeeker

(51,513 posts)

10. WOW. Voting by 18-29 in TN is up 767%

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Fri Nov 2, 2018, 11:43 PM

Nov 2018

Thank you Taylor Swift!

More_Cowbell

(2,190 posts)

12. Right? The Taylor Swift Effect nt

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:18 AM

Nov 2018

Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)

13. Some others stars also like Rihanna.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:19 AM

Nov 2018

JudyM

(29,192 posts)

15. Best news today! Hopefully the polls are dead wrong.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 03:01 PM

Nov 2018

world wide wally

(21,738 posts)

11. Will Trump have to finally admit that people fucking hate him?

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 12:05 AM

Nov 2018

LAS14

(13,769 posts)

14. Yay!!!!! This would be exciting in any election year, but especially this one!! nt

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:33 AM

Nov 2018

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

16. Oh wait. I thought Kornacki said that the millennials

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 03:03 PM

Nov 2018

Are disinterested?

Bengus81

(6,928 posts)

17. When myself and my friends were that age we ALL voted for Dems......

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 03:11 PM

Nov 2018

Of course Nixon was still bombing north Vietnam with no end in sight. We were TRULY voting for our LIVES.

uponit7771

(90,302 posts)

18. K&R, Americans are liking this early voting ... it needs to be protected

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 03:54 PM

Nov 2018

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)

19. This is great but Michigan doesn't have early voting...

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 03:56 PM

Nov 2018

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