All of my kind of long life I looked forward to heavy voter turn outs on Election Day

[Tom Rinaldo]

The accepted rule of thumb was that, in general, high voter turn out favored Democrats. I still belief in democracy so I can't bring myself to root against people showing up to vote on Election Day, but the trends in early voting have scrambled my expectations. The last two election cycles conventional wisdom has shifted. Overall high participation in elections still seems to favor Democrats, but not on Election Day itself in many places. Now hearing about heavy turn out doesn't cheer me up, it makes me nervous, unless it is happening around college campuses or in heavily Democratic districts.

[NoRethugFriends]

1. Oh stop being logical.

You'll ruin the vibe.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. Well. I live in NY State, so at least reports of heavy voting in Brooklyn cheer me up

[NoRethugFriends]

5. Good. I doubt she will lose.

[NoRethugFriends]

8. Sadly, though, neither will the nazi in my daughter's district (Renssalear County)

Holding my breath here for Fetterman

[piddyprints]

3. I have many friends who only vote on Election Day.

All Dems! This district is anything but Democratic and it's not a college campus, and they're not young. With all the shenanigans that the GQP has been trying with mail-in ballots, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of Dems voting today in all sorts of venues, just to make sure their votes get counted.

My husband and I voted by mail 2 weeks ago. Now that we're old, we're allowed to do that here.

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. Actually, I'm about to go vote, just waiting for Janet to get home

Mixed district. I live right across the street from our polling place and we don't get very long lines. Mid afternoon it goes pretty quickly so I almost always vote on Election Day. Lately I figure I'm doing my small bit to keep our Dems in the running with the same day voting returns

[piddyprints]

9. Glad to hear it!

[republianmushroom]

4. I like it

[GreatShakes66]

6. Yeah, I had an approximate two-hour wait for early voting in Columbus...

for the 2020 election and that didn't turn out so good in Ohio.

[GenXer47]

10. some of that trend may have been due to covid

Being cautious about covid became a political thing, tragically.

[dbonds]

11. I live in the reddest part of Alabama

I voted around lunchtime. No line, no wait, an empty voting area, and only a handful of cars in the parking lot. It doesn't seem like much red enthusiasm here.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. I hear you. It's a new world.

[IbogaProject]

13. New York State has early voting

I'd prefer to vote on election day, but I like voting early to have it in for sure. They give us the two weekends before and the whole set of weekdays in between. Actual ballot scanned just like election day, not a postal ballot.

[Doremus]

14. I no longer trust the absentee/mail in ballot process

If I want to vote early I go directly to the BOE polling place or wait until election day. I can watch my ballot get scanned and get an idea of voter turnout too.