I was part of the upstate Zeldin campaign and worked near the election integrity folks. Turnout yesterday throughout the day was through the roof. Every precinct that we were monitoring had higher than average turnout. Many precincts were completely full all day. I personally had to wait in line to vote for the first time ever (didn't even have to do that with Trump). Exit polling was 2-1 Republican in areas that went 50/50 for Trump.
So throughout the day we have turnout that people who have been working polls for 30 years have said was unprecedented, and yet the total vote is almost same as it was in 2018?
We got a message at 10pm that Lee was planning on declaring victory. At 11pm they called it for Hochul.
Supposedly there are another 1.4 million ballots that have not been reported yet, but I don't know where they are coming from. The campaign, even today, is confident in a way that I don't really understand.
I am not in the inner circle on these things, but I am told the remaining ballots (which would be 20% of what's currently tallied, and better represent what our precinct monitoring was tracking) will be tallied tonight.
I've reached the point where I have no idea what's really going on right now. Anyone else in NYS have info?
One thought that might be reaching, but a possibility none the less...
If there was a red wave, all at once (on election night) would there have been rioting in blue cities across the country? Maybe.
What if some entity (maybe the same one that prevented Hillary from cheating in '16) is really in control, and adverted an all at once ELECTION NIGHT red wave, and in doing so avoided rioting?
And then...
Our red wave would come in, not as a huge wave all at once on one night, but drip by drip as AZ results come in a couple days later.... and Lee Zeldin results come in a day or so after that... and then Herschel Walker wins the runoff election... PA cheating revealed... etc.