2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe polls in NYC have been open for 90 minutes...I just checked Reddit and Twitter
No complaints of voters being turned away.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Got that out of the way.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)But considering how happy you are about it, I would say the odds are against it.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Speaking of which ... I need a refill! BRB!
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)But not surprising
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)NYC turnout was 9% lower than than of NY State as a whole which was an already abysmal 29% and one of the very lowest in the United States, the lowest of all Democratic States.
So the real question is are voters showing up and will they show up? I'm hoping so.
It is a fact that more than half of the national drop off in turnout in 2014 was produced by just four States, NY, CA, OH and TX. Big States with Small Turnouts drag the national count down low.
George II
(67,782 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)Good you got in and out with no troubles!
George II
(67,782 posts)...any run as smoothly as this has been so far.
New Yorkers know how to do it!
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Only long lines on general election evenings. Sometimes one of the old lever machines would jam. Other than that things run mostly smoothly.
George II
(67,782 posts)....in 2008, blacks in Harlem lined up to vote for our President, Barack Obama. I would have waited twice that long.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I've seen many Tweets and posts about it.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)IamMab
(1,359 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)How many "tweets and posts" have you seen?
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)No ballots. My friend was told to "call & complain to someone" & that ballots "would be there within the hour. This was a 9 a.m.
George II
(67,782 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)they had not been delivered yet.