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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHistoric Early Voting Lines in Polk County Iowa last week
From the Polk County Dems' weekly update...
Those Lines
Weve been marveling at the lines of voters at the County Election Office for the last several weeks, but last week took on a genuinely historic hue. . . longer line was starting to form early on Monday. On Tuesday, people were standing in the snow. On Wednesday, people started sending pizzas and bottles of water. Musicians were showing up. On Thursday, the line was two blocks long by 8:30 AM. By Friday, the line was curling around the block at 7:40 AM. The evening streetlights were still on. On Saturday, the line was three blocks long.
By Saturday at noon, an astonishing 78,620 Democrats in Polk County had already voted. There were only 5,695 outstanding absentee ballots with Democrats for us to chase. Most surprisingly, Target Smart found that 167,597 of the early voters in Iowa didnt vote in 2016. Something big may be happening in our county and our country. As Lori Hunt noted, people arent standing in line in the cold because theyre so energized to keep the status quo.
We can still win Iowa!
still_one
(92,060 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)samnsara
(17,604 posts)..think they are gonna stand out for hours in the cold? They are all for immediate gratification...
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)EC states compared to Democratic ones.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty, Sharon & Iowa Dems!
NorthOf270
(290 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Phonebanking and Textbanking
Beginning last Wednesday, Communications Chair Jean Kaul and her mighty team of phonebankers and textbankers contacted every Democrat in Polk County who still needed to turn in their ballot. Then, it was about 10,000 ballots. By Saturday, it was in the 5,000s. Usually, we can be chasing tens of thousands of absentee ballots during our Great Polk County Ballot Chase. Last week felt tiny in comparison. This past weekend, the team called and texted the numbers for all 5,000 ballots again. Since we had time on our hands, they called or texted all of the Democrats in Polk County who hadnt requested an absentee ballot or voted early to let them know their polling location for Tuesday. We also offered them a ride should they need it. We had projected that wed be done with that exercise later tonight at best. We're running about 24 hours ahead of schedule right now.
This is how we win elections!