Election day in PA experiences
Got up early this morning and made my way to the poll. There was a line when I arrived at just before 7AM. I was voter number 15 with probably an equal number behind me. The ballot is short and people were quickly in and out. When I left there weren't any voters coming in or arriving.
Usually the voters are old, angry white men (my precinct is pretty conservative and Republican), but there were quite a few women and a couple younger voters.
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I just voted in Allentown, straight Democratic ticket (double checked that all my choices were, indeed, checked).
Something odd this morning, though. Normally, I sign in on a big register, and I have never been asked to show my ID. It seems they have switched over to an iPad check-in system, and they asked me for my ID, and when I told them I did not have to show one they weren't quite sure what to do. They conferred with each other, and I noticed there were the sheets that I used to fill out so they could look up my name, so I asked if I could fill that out and if there was an option for them to type it in to pull my signature up. That worked, but it took time and they had obviously not been trained on it. The poll workers were unfailing polite about it, and worked to solve the problem--much respect for them.
And, now they know how to do it. 
Wife went in at 7 as polls opened. She said it was mobbed. I'll go in later this afternoon. My precinct went overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016; we had more votes than any precinct in Reading that year. I'd consider the voter turnout in my neck of the woods to be a bad sign if you're hoping for a good outcome for Dems today.
I don't like Trump at all but I'm afraid all of this immigrant rhetoric has riled up his base to turn out just like they did when he carried this state in 2016. I can tell you there are a lot of people in my area who buy into this "war of cultures" argument Repubs have been making since 911. I don't know if Dems have figured out how to counter this effectively (my wife is convinced Trump will win reelection though she and I despise him).
there was a long line in Wyomissing this morning when my wife went to vote. When I got there about an hour later people were still in a long line (longest I have seen it in my 12 years here) and the majority were women. It appeared that people voted quickly so I assume they were voting the party lines - which I did for the dems
You can almost tell folks that were voting reThug - pretty much the angry looking old white guys - LOL.
... I can vote in the mid-morning and avoid long lines. Not worried because my precinct is small and most of the voters come after 5:00 p.m. My sisters and I decided to celebrate by going to see "A Star Is Born" this afternoon. None of us are turning on the TV until tonight. We can skip the meaningless chatter, and the real results won't be reported until later tonight anyway.
I'm ready for the BLUE WAVE! Best of luck to all Pennsylvania Democrats!
Voted at 11 a.m. in Westmoreland Co. I was #205. There was no line, but the lady said it had been steady all morning. We are in a small rural precinct. Only one person handing out cards near the entrance (for the local republican). Everyone seemed in quite a good mood! 