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2016 Postmortem

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EV_Ares

(6,587 posts)
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 10:07 PM Nov 2016

Good news from Vegas from a Poll Observer (not me) from FB Page [View all]

Alix Rosenthal
7 hrs ·
Democrats, take heart. In the last three days, I worked as a poll observer at five different early voting locations around Las Vegas, and I am here to report that the Nevada State Democratic Party is a well-oiled machine. They are smart, professional, and organized better than any campaign I've ever worked on. Ever. (And I've worked on a lot of campaigns)

HRC volunteers are trained well, we were sent to the places we were needed, we were made to feel useful. Campaign staff are likable and good at motivating us, and they are using cutting edge technology to make the best use of our time.

The Trump poll watchers, by contrast, didn't seem too sure about why they were there, except to stir up sh*t and watch the Democrats very closely. Some of them know the rules about early voting, and some of them do not. At every polling place, we outnumbered the Trump observers two- or three-to-one. And while the Democrat poll watchers are all attorneys, most of the Trump observers are not. There is a significant education gap.

I am going to work my ass off until Tuesday to get this Nasty Woman elected. And it's encouraging to see just how good the Clinton campaign is out here. Makes me feel like my time is well spent.

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