Low turn out today in VA is that good or bad?

[deizo]

From what I have seen on social media there is low turn out so far today in VA. does that mean that the trump base isn't voting, and do the dems have enough of a lead in the early vote to win?

[FSogol]

1. Bullshit. Why post total crap here on election day?

No one has reported on turnout except that the early voting turnout was much higher.

[Abnredleg]

2. Low post count doom poster

They crawl out of the woodwork every election

[FSogol]

3. Seriously, "I saw on social media..."

[Butterflylady]

6. Well, there you go, social media

Yeah, I believe that.

" sarcasm"

[obamanut2012]

20. Probably Parler

[hlthe2b]

4. Yup...

[deizo]

5. Because it's election day!

I mean turn out so far today!! no reports of lines If I wanted live in a fantasy world I be a republican

[FSogol]

7. Shouldn't you be off chasing JFK jr?

[FarPoint]

10. Confabulation ..

It appears to be a tool in your supply box

[zuul]

12. To which social media are you referring in your OP?

Link to tweet

[Lovie777]

22. Six feet apart and wearing masks .....

good sign!

[obamanut2012]

21. Your grammar is off

Very similar to how an East European coworker sometimes writes.

hmmmmm...


Come on, man!

[FarPoint]

8. Just think about it....

Such posts are known

[JustAnotherGen]

27. He's not the only one

Someone is doing it in NJ too

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Low turnout likely will negatively impact Democrats.

[FSogol]

11. 1.1 million people early voted. It is too early to tell if turnout is up or down.

Don't fall for ratfucking on social media. Get out the vote.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. I was just answering the question.

Truth be told, I'm not optimistic about Virginia anyway.

FWIW: some people have legitimate questions they ask that may be negative because they want reassurance what they're seeing or hearing is not true.

[deizo]

18. Thank you for just being honest! It's Still very early in the day!

I just don't get people every one saw what happened on jan 6 all it takes is loosing one election to a fascist and democracy is dead! WE can never just sit it out!!

[StevieM]

44. If the Republican were to win the legislature and the governership today they will attack democracy

in Virginia immediately.

They would redraw and gerrymander the legislative and congressional boundaries like the way they were over the last 10 years. Those boundaries allowed the Republicans to lose the vote, badly, and still win a majority of the seats. The Democrats had to win in a landslide in order to undo the gerrymandering.

They would also attack voting rights be taking action to suppress the vote. They might even allow for a state takeover of local election boards.

Glenn Youngkin didn't campaign on any of this, but it seems highly likely that he would turn around and do it. I hope he doesn't win, and if he does I really hope that the GOP doesn't win both houses of the legislature. Democracy is at stake.

[Claustrum]

29. Does it?

Isn't the conventional wisdom that democrats early votes and republicans do same day voting? Though, I guess low turn out are usually meant for populated cities rather than a rural site where there would never be any lines if at all.

[greenjar_01]

13. Welcome to DU

[FBaggins]

14. Yes. It's good or bad

So why speculate? We'll know soon enough.

Are you sitting at home wondering whether it's worth going out to vote because McAuliffe is going to win anyway? Or lose anyway?

[Lovie777]

15. Not from what I'm reading ...

[Torchlight]

16. Can you link to these reports you've read on social media?

Knowing their source could greatly increase the substance and legitimacy of their reporting.

[deizo]

24. early report

https://www.wric.com/news/politics/local-election-hq/the-latest-virginia-votes-2021/

[Torchlight]

28. "Deputy Chief Officer of Elections said they're on par with what they expected."

That doesn't report low turnout. It reports expected turnout. Of all precincts reporting, only one reports lower turnout and attributes that to early voting.

[lagomorph777]

33. So...the OP seems to be really stretching here...

hmmm...

[obamanut2012]

19. This is disinformation

MIRT!

[deizo]

23. How so? don't you think if turn out was high it would be all over twitter and there would be many

posts here. I am not saying that it is not happening i am just not seeing it.

https://www.wric.com/news/politics/local-election-hq/the-latest-virginia-votes-2021/

[LexVegas]

25. That link says turnout is as expected, not low. nt

[obamanut2012]

34. Your link doesn't say what you are claiming

Good try, though, bucko.

[Politicub]

39. I heart MIRT. Based on the experience from my tour of

duty, I’m almost certain they they’re already on the case. There are some wonderful, dedicated folks committed to keeping DU’s membership strong.

[Sugarcoated]

40. What is MIRT?

[11 Bravo]

45. Malicious Intruder Response Team ...

ie: deliverers of granite pizzas.
And I'm smelling one in someone's future.

[Jose Garcia]

26. It could simply be that many Democrats have voted early or by mail

[lagomorph777]

35. My household has.

They've upgraded the early/absentee/mail processes this year; we have drop boxes in libraries, for example.

So I expect more people are using those options, compared to 2020, which was the first year they allowed everybody to do any of that.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. It's too early to tell if turnout is low

High turnout usually favors the dem's.

[bikebloke]

31. Early Voting

There was early voting through October. Many have already cast their ballots.

[uponit7771]

32. "... voter turnout as expected at some locations..." How is this low? tia

[fescuerescue]

36. Historically that is bad for Dems

[Sugarcoated]

41. Others here have pointed out

the OP is misrepresenting the info in the article

[senseandsensibility]

37. Your post makes perfect sense to me

Many of the experts I've seen on TV talking about this subject, such as Larry Sabato, say that mail and early in person voting has and will favor Democrats. The republicans are counting on same day voting to make up the gap. In other words, there are more R votes left outstanding, and the ones that vote in person today will likely be R. Therefore, low turnout today would favor Dems. This is counter to what we usually hear about low turnout hurting Dems, but it only applies to in person same day voting. Welcome to DU!

[Yoyoyo77]

38. If you want to get as close as possible to the truth of a situation,

never rely on social media alone!!!!

[JanMichael]

42. In North Carolina huge % of Democratic voters vote early

And Republicans vote more on voting day

[Patton French]

43. lol

...just lol...

[denbot]

46. Oh Noooooo's LoL..

Sigh..

[fescuerescue]

47. Apparently it was bad.