How is your local voter turnout today? Light? Heavy?

[jpak]

It's been "heavy" and "steady" here in Maine.

The ME SoS predicts a better than average turnout.

Good for Dems

yup

[Peacetrain]

1. Don't know exactly right now

but our weather is awesome in my area.. and that is always good for us

[Democrats_win]

2. Strangely heavy in Thornton, CO

We have mail-in ballots yet there was a line at the polling station! There really is no reason not to have mailed in your ballot or hand delivered it to the many boxes around the county. Some ladies are bringing their young children so they can get a "I Voted" sticker.

Beautiful, clear day in Colorado today. Go Dems!

[MineralMan]

3. About typical for a General Election.

I always vote at the same time of day, so I can see the vote count at that time. Looks about average here.

[justabob]

4. Heavy

I went a couple of hours ago and there were more people than I have ever seen and I have been voting in the same place for years. The woman helping people feed their ballots properly into the box said they had already blown through their usual numbers for the whole day. It was great to see. Lots of people in line said the same thing.... we don't mind waiting, it means lots of people are out to vote. It is pouring rain now, so that may snuff out the turnout fire, but we'll see.

[closeupready]

5. Very light in New York, which is typically how it is for midterms

since it is a safely Democratic state and district.

[Calista241]

6. Heavy here in North Atlanta.

Been in line 30 minutes already.

[jpak]

7. Woo Hoo!

[FSogol]

8. Better than average just based on what I saw on the morning shift. n/t

[HereSince1628]

9. Busier than usual for mid-morning in Wauwatosa (Milw suburb)

Actually had to wait to sign-in and for an empty booth. That typically doesn't happen for mid-term elections.

[NightWatcher]

10. They are reporting heavy and steady in the urban areas of Jacksonville

Slower in the whiter burbs

[IVoteDFL]

11. Middling

I didn't have to wait in line, like in '08, but there were plenty of folks there to vote. I did go early in the morning though, compared to the previous times when I have voted in the afternoon

[bigwillq]

12. Pretty busy for my small town in CT

which is usually solid blue.

The CT SoS predicts about 55 percent voter turnout.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Actually had a small line this time.

First time I remember there being a line for a mid-term election.

[William769]

14. I voted around 9:00 am in Florida.

Was a ghost town. Me & Dancy were the only two there to vote at that time.

[Mnemosyne]

15. Heavy in red NW rural PA town. nt

[Arugula Latte]

16. Oregon turnout (all vote by mail) is remarkably consistent.

They project 70 percent, which is about what it has been the last several elections.

[nc4bo]

17. Lil primary school in the country @ 9:45am, sloooooooow big difference from 08, 10

And 2012 when the 'cons were casting much asparagus for Mcgrumpy, McCrory, Inc. and Mittens and were as numerous as flies on feces and we had to wait in line.

It's early though. My daughter will be voting after work, around 3 or 4 this afternoon. I'll be interested if anything has changed.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. Heavier than normal (Chicago burbs near O'Hare)

First time in years I'd seen a line. Not a long line but there were plenty of booths and still at least 6-8 people waiting about 2 hours after the polls opened.

[Stellar]

19. In my Precinct...

for a midterm election...not bad, not bad at all. Compared to 2010, when I could have prepared lunch and dinner there without interruption. They are doing pretty good. I live across the street from my polling place here in Chicago and I can't complain.

[spinbaby]

20. Pretty busy

Not particularly a good sign because my area runs towards Republican senior citizens.

[SteveG]

21. About a 10-15 min line at 9:30

which is unusual for my district, usually there is no line or just one or two in line at that time.

[RebelOne]

22. I voted early in October and there were no lines.

I was able to walk right in, fill out the form, vote and be out in 10 minutes. But according to TV news reports there were lines at most of the polling places in the Atlanta area today. It is still early and I think the lines will be even longer when people get off work and hit the polls.

[newfie11]

23. Heavy

Western SD

[JCMach1]

24. Heavy, especially considering how many voted early in Florida already...

[surrealAmerican]

25. It seemed busier than usual for a mid-term election.

There wasn't a line, but most of the stations were occupied at what is usually the slowest time of day (mid-morning) - this in a very D area just outside Chicago.

[Mr Gerrity]

26. Very Heavy

I'm in a red area of Florida with a lot of retired and military, and the lines were very long. Longer than 2010 and 2012 and at age 45 I was probably the youngest in line at 11:30. Not too encouraging, but we'll see.

[geomon666]

27. Goulds, FL was light this morning.

But that's pretty typical from my experience.

[Dawson Leery]

28. Voted at 8 am. At that time 10% had already voted (CT).

[1StrongBlackMan]

29. I had been shuttling people to the polls ...

from 6:15a.m. until about two hours ago (and I posted about my experience between runs) ... on each trip I saw more people at the polling station, than on the trip before.

My second trip, I ferried a set of 92 year old African-American sisters. They told me that have voted in every election since the passage of the VRA. They thanked me, as the one sister had just stopped driving, and they were concerned that they wouldn't be able to get to the polls.

On another trip, I shuttled a group of 18 and 19 year olds, who were voting for the first time. From their conversation, it seems they were motivated to vote because &quot Martha) McSally was going to make it so they couldn't afford to continue in school." (That was a Ron Barber ad!)

[Rex]

30. Had a line! First time in years and years.

Hopefully they were all voting for Wendy Davis.

[Pathwalker]

31. Heavy turnout in mid-Michigan. Red area, but the yard signage

favors the Dems.

[rock]

32. Heavy in New Albany, Indiana

Of course this may be simply to the fact that several polls did not open (perhaps due to getting th new systems working). This was not a severe problem as you can go to any precinct you want to vote. But still it was packed at about 10:30 am!

[rollin74]

33. light when I voted

but I just read that "brisk" voter turnout being reported throughout my county

many (if not most) take advantage of early voting around here and have already voted

[Robbins]

34. Decent here In Mo

In cass COuntry,Mo In district 4 decent.A few leaving as I arrived.Several voting when I was.

It seemed close to what I remember back In 2012

I asked poll worker and he said turnout has been good today and brisk.

[davsand]

35. No "official" comment from local election authority.

Reports from individuals are encouraging--sounding like a higher than usual turnout for a mid term. This is east central Illinois.



Laura

[Avalux]

36. Heavy in my little corner of Texas.

I live in a blue county. Go Dems!!

[Contrary1]

37. "Heavy" at my polling station here in Indiana

More showing up than in 2012 according to one worker. Not sure what that means in this Repub area.

[GitRDun]

38. Light here in Antioch, IL

That may be a good thing as this is tea party country.

No one under 50 or of color voting when I was there....prolly why we are tea party country.

[jwirr]

39. Very small precinct in NE MN - about the same as in the general election. We are pretty Democratic

but I hope that holds true this year also.

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. 5 people when I went to vote at 10:30 a.m. this morning in Spring, TX

It's a suburb of Houston, so a lot must have voted early because I was voter 4245.

[riderinthestorm]

41. Far west Chicago suburbs ( semi rural). There was a line!!!

I have never ever seen that. Ever.

Very surprised and hopeful

[Tree-Hugger]

42. Philadelphia suburb

No line here, but there were other people going in and out of the building. I voted at 1pm, which is probably downtime as many people are at work, etc.

I was voter number 262. That's pretty good.