I have been working at an early one stop voting poll station in NC fairly frequently since the first day the polls were open a week ago today.
They asked me to work extra time because we don’t have as many Republican poll workers. Seems we have quite a few Democrats who work the polls and independents these days instead.
We need one Republican and one Democrat working at the ballot stations and at least one of each to work the check in table thus I will be working more hours than other party affiliations.
This is also the first time NC requires an ID to vote. It is used as verification after the person states their name and address verbally.
From what have observed so far the registered Republicans are coming out 3-1 to Democrats to vote.
Independents here can select the ballot they wish to vote on. We have three potential ballots they can choose: Republican, Democrat or Libertarian. So far I have seen all but one independent voter select the Republican ballot. Only one selected a Democrat Ballot. No one has voted as a Libertarian at least on my shift.
There are two possible votes for POTUS on the Democrat ballot. Biden and None of the Above. (I would bust a gut if he ended up taking second place to none of the above).
We have another week of early voting in only a couple places in our county. On Tuesday, March 5th all the precincts are open and all ballots will be counted that night. (No absentee ballots will be counted after 7:30 pm that night).
Being that so many Democrats typically come out to vote early and not so much on Election Day I am wondering why that may be:
A) They don’t care about voting for Biden now as he’s the only one on the ballot for POTUs. And they’re gonna wait until the Fall to vote.
B) They really don’t care to vote any more. They are sick of Biden and the rest of their party. There’s no motivation to vote.
C They are all voting absentee ballot again.
D). They are waiting to vote for Trump in n the Fall.
PS know there are other state and county positions on the ballot where they can make their voices heard. But apparently these aren’t enough to get them to vote.
Thank you for your hard work pede.
Thanks for the encouraging feedback.
A & C
The Democratic primary is too uninteresting for them to show up. So they're either just not showing up or they're mailing it in.
They will still vote in the general election.
PS You're short on GOP poll workers because most conservatives work for a living. Democrats vote for a living.
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/duranduran/noneoftheabove.html
https://invidious.io.lol/watch?v=QYutI2vOUyE
I wonder how many Democrats will secretly vote for Trump if those two actually face each other in November? I just can't believe they will allow Biden to be the candidate, so the question is, will Dems and Independents fall for whoever the bogus Dem candidate is.
Any idea what the previous voting patterns of your district are?
You should be able to find county and precinct level results online.
Trump got over 70% in some places.
I’ve been a poll worker since 2016. I used to see a majority of Dems come out during the early one stop election. So I do see the numbers of registered Dems coming in are a lot lower than in previous elections.
My county is a red county. I don’t know what percentage he got here in years past. However, the precinct I work in on Election Day is mostly Black and mostly Democrat. In spite of that 25% of the voters there voted for Trump in 202O. it will be interesting to see the numbers this Fall.
So there’s that but I do see a large drop in Democrats coming into vote early. We still have another week left to vote early. I don’t work again until next Tuesday so I won’t know how many of them will vote today, Saturday or Monday. I’ll only be able to see what’s happening the days I’m there.
Thanks. That's a lot more context.
It's the primaries though and there's no real race on thar side.