Could there be a Republican Tsunami on Election Day?

[rightsideout]

With all the early voting coming from mostly Democrats could there be a Tsunami of Republican votes on election day?

I was considering voting early. My daughter is home on break because of the hurricane damage at Rutgers Univ. in NJ so she is going to vote early in MD with me on Friday since she has to be back at college by Monday. But I may hold off on my vote until the election day so offset the Republican tidal wave that day.

Here is an article I just came across where the Republicans are saying they are going to come out in force on election day and that the early voting by the Dems isn't going to work in our favor. Thoughts?

This is actually something I've been wondering about. I don't think it matters. A vote is a vote no matter what time. But there are probably strategies at play I'm not aware of.

[link:http://washingtonexaminer.com/some-see-gop-voting-tsunami-coming/article/2512142#.UJILPHiYl7G|

No, this isn't troll baiting. Just something to consider since there seems to be alot of emphasis on voting early.

There is another storm I hear that could impact election day but haven't heard too much about it.

[rightsideout]

1. Dang I'm tired. Forgot the link.

Here is the link.

[link:http://washingtonexaminer.com/some-see-gop-voting-tsunami-coming/article/2512142#.UJILPHiYl7G|

[HERVEPA]

4. Washington Examiner is a trash source. Why would you post it?

[DevonRex]

9. +1. nt

[cali]

18. There is no excuse for posting a story of this kind with a link to a wingnut site.

[underoath]

25. If it doesn't lean left it is bull shit!

I hate how we look at where the article came from and instantly discredit it because that is a "right wing site"

I love how we find left leaning papers to speak the truth even though the right says they are not credible. And we say the same about right leaning papers.

NONE OF IT IS TRUE.. Or is it?

[cali]

32. oh, please. Of course one looks to a source. duh.

If it lacks credibility, then stories from said source should be viewed with doubt. The Washington Examiner is a hack site.

[ieoeja]

33. Most major media sources try for the truth on most issues.

Not on foreign policy issues. But on most other issues they make an effort to report truthfully. This does not, of course, include opinion pieces.

CBS - leans left, but tries for the truth
ABC - leans right, but tries for the truth
NBC
MSNBC
CNN
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
etc

Then there are those that openly spin things. They often report the truth, but with tremendous spin. Other times they report their interpretation of the truth which can be just horrible (they're journalists after all; they went to college to get a degree in reading and writing). And some just outright lie.

FOX
Mother Jones
National Journal
Newsmax
Salon
99% of talk radio
Washington Times
NY Post
National Enquirer

[mykpart]

2. Maybe they figure that if the polling places are too crowded,

the Dem voters who wait until election day will get tired of the long lines and go home.

[Historic NY]

5. snort....

and then they can wait brilliant strategy. It must have been cooked up by the old 101st Fighting Keyboard detachment of the cheeto wing.

[DevonRex]

8. Funny but I followed the link and Huckabee has

an article about Republicans standing in line forever to vote on Election Day. Hmm.

[cliffordu]

3. Thanks for your concern.

Obama and Christie stood at the point of impact of the real "Tsunami" just today.

All the rest of this concern stuff is just........

Playing with yourself.

YMMV

[AverageJoe90]

6. Yeah. A tsunami of theft and bullshit in a last-ditch attempt to get Romney in the White House.

I've got no doubts they'll try to flip votes in Ohio, and in Florida, and maybe a couple other states. But we may have one saving grace above all: North Carolina. Early voting totals there have well exceeded expectations and it's only getting better.

[grantcart]

10. Yes the Republicans in great despair will go down to the shore and gnash their teeth

and wrench their garments and the Lord will bring a great wave and capture all of the Republicans in a Tusnami Wave

and take them all out to sea.

Question is, will you be with them, oh 14 day DUer with great concerns.

[coalition_unwilling]

29. OT, but I think you mean 'rend' their garments (not 'wrench' them :) - n/t

[grantcart]

42. they rend them and then take them off and beat them with a wrench.

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

11. The only tsunami will be The President's tidal wave

that will wash the republickcon vermin off of Main Street and far out to sea.

[Hekate]

12. Chill

Everybody just chill out.
No Drama Obama's got this.

So let's have his back. And let's GOTV.

Right? Right.

Hekate

[Prometheus Bound]

13. No.

[treestar]

14. It's odd that Democrats are thought not to vote on Election Day

But will turn up for early voting. Why don't Republicans turn up for early voting?

In my state we don't have early voting. So I'll show up on election day.

[Bandit]

27. Republicans have been early voting for decades

In fact the Republican Party has actually mailed out absentee ballots to every registered Republican in their districts. This has been going on for years and years and the Democrats are just now catching on. Now that the Democrats are doing it too the Republicans are getting scared... They have counted on the long lines and inconvenience to keep many Democrats away and they have been correct in that it has worked that way for some time now.. But NO MORE.... Democrats are determined and that scares the Republicans.. not just for this one Presidential election but from here on out....

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. We have early voting...ends tomorrow...I'm showing up on election day...by choice...in Tx.

[libertypirate]

15. Early voting compenstates for long lines

and other inequalities that are abused to reduce the count.

Nope more will be counted than ever!

[JDPriestly]

17. Early voting prevents election officials from assigning the oldest, worst voting equipment

to less affluent precincts and then making working people wait in line to vote due to broken machines. That is why Democrats want Democrats to vote early. It means you don't have to wait for a broken machine. Harder to manipulate the results or trick people out of the chance to vote.

[JDPriestly]

16. Why should we consider something that would help Republicans?

This is a site for Democrats and Democrats only.

We are working hard to get Democrats out now and on election day. Nothing else deserves our attention, our time or our discussion.

[msongs]

19. how dare the OP exercise his/her freedom of speech on DU? doh! nt

[progressivebydesign]

39. it's not freedom of speech, there are rules about posting crap from crap sources. nt

[grantcart]

43. Free to Speak, free to laugh at speech sourced from the Washington Examiner.

All free so you know the market value.

[brettdale]

20. perhaps its the reverse

According to Dick Morris on fOx news (who is fair and balanced and doesnt at all have
achip on this shoulder about Clinton firing him) the early voting leans towards the republicans
and its just the liberal media that is lying and come election day it will be a landslide, his
own personal polling is showing this.

[newspeak]

26. actually our family always votes on election day

five votes for the democratic ticket.

[MjolnirTime]

21. Me thinks the troll doth protest too much

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. stop with the troll bs

it's making DU suck

[PCIntern]

22. Offset the Republican tidal wave?

Lots of water analogies here. Here's another:

rethuglicans are like lily ponds: useless plates of green so thin and shallow that you can see right through the biomass.

[coalition_unwilling]

30. We of the LPDL (Lily Pond Defense League) would ask that you stop

insulting Lily Ponds by comparing them with such biologically useless parasites as Republicans.

Lily ponds demonstrate what Emerson said in his poem 'The Rhodora": "Tell them dear, if eyes were made for seeing\Then beauty is its own excuse for being."

No offense to parasites (at least the biologically useful variety) intended

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. I think if we GOTV the hell out of this thing

by election day they will just stay home.

[TwilightGardener]

28. No, no Zombie Apocalypse on election day.

[Javaman]

31. from the washington examiner?

Might as well just post a directly link to freeperland.

[standingtall]

34. If republicanswere as fired up as msm would have us believe they would've already voted.

They've been pushing the narrative that republicans are at 110% enthusiasm for over 2 years now.Therefore I believe they can only under perform on election day.

[moc]

36. From what I've heard, early voting disproportionately benefits populations that tend to vote

Democratic. If you think about populations that are more likely to vote Dem (AA, Hispanics, women), they are more likely to be employed in jobs which might make it difficult to vote on a Tuesday.

If you doubt the validity of this assertion, just consider all the (Republican) efforts to shut down or limit early voting. If they thought early voting benefited Republican leaning voters, you know they'd be expanding it like crazy.

So, the assumption is that early voting by Dems is not just a matter of "shifting" voters who would have voted on Election Day, but rather represents voters who wouldn't be able to vote on Election Day at all.

[marions ghost]

37. same old same old

That's what they always say.

[krawhitham]

38. your concern is noted

[progressivebydesign]

40. Washington Examiner? really? nt

[Arkana]

41. Early voting cancels out their Election Day advantage.

Hell, McCain won election day last time. How much good did it do him?