#Turnout

Josh Barro

jbarro

I get that conservative pundits hate commentators mocking their voters, but these analyses of why this red meat strategy could work (a redux of the *Sanders* strategy of hoping for

Liza

Lizamezzo

I believe this will be remembered as one of the great speeches of these times. A couple other thoughts below (but really you shouldn't be reading me before you read

Dave Wasserman

Redistrict

In Sumter Co., FL, as of this morning 72,695 out of 105,612 registered voters (69%) have already voted - which I believe is the highest turnout rate outside of auto-VBM

Jordan Rudner

jrud

Despite my best efforts and daily phone calls to the Dallas County Elections Office, my absentee ballot never showed up. So I came home for the final day of early

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

No one is debating that. In fact, I have said explicitly that it's important to pay attention to.But there are some issues that can arise from treating it as a

Mackenzie Lockhart

lockhartm

While the pundit class of BC is concerned with the dangers posed by an election, what does the science actually tell us?TL;DR: The risks are minimal, especially when transmission is

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

We're really locked into like 90% of our design, but at this stage there are two things that I really agonize over: --weighting on self-reported race--everything having to do with

D. Stephen Voss

DStephenVoss

National political figures are accusing Kentucky of vote suppression. A bevy of Kentucky-based voices have mobilized more or less to rebut them. The defenses are mostly pretty weak, though, and

"No teams" (≠ neutral) Indy

NoTeamsIndy

Biden v. Trump 10/23 UPDATENat’l: Biden +9.9/Clinton +7.1EC: Biden 279-124 (+155)/Clinton 272-180 (+92)AND Biden 50%+ in ELEVEN battlegrounds (49%+ in 13), ZERO for ClintonPLUS Biden lead greater than undecideds +

michaela✨

wee_ingenue

In other news, today I played the Oregon Trail game on my old iPod touch, and I gave the family OL!family names. The following absurdity ensued: -Brianna was picked up

MD Progressive & Rays Bandwagoner 🌹🌱

MDProgressive_

Early/Mail votes in Michigan: DEM 40%, GOP 40%.Everyone gets a ballot, so not much to look into here... but a slightWith 976k votes in, that is... unexpected. I looked more

Patrick Maguire

patrickkmaguire

Runners and riders for Labour selection for Batley and Spen by-election, according to local sources: Salma Arif, Leeds council cabinet member for public health, is who some believe the seat

Jessica Huseman

JessicaHuseman

Long lines in the first two hours of early voting are not actually indicative of a problem or too few polling locations. Do not cover them as if they are.

Simpsons Reference

EffingBoring

Voting in Oregon RULES.Our primary is today, so I wanna do a thread about what it's like to vote in a fully vote-by-mail state. No reason... Several weeks before election

Arun Chaudhary

ArunChaud

I'm one of those who frets that the election will be much closer than the polls indicate. That in a world where non-voters are never targeted by Dems, huge turnout

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadLet's go back to the comedy gold from @staceyabrams (You're going to absolutely love this.) Now, Stacey is NOT trying to mislead.She's simply reading from the script that a staffer