Bad news for Dems: Rain in the forecast for 2010 Election Day

[pintobean]

Here's the first four paragraphs of a two day old story. If it's a dupe, I apologize. I think rain hurting Democrats is a myth. What do you think?

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In more bad news for Democrats, rain is in the forecast for much of the country on Election Day.

Weather tracking websites, including weather.com and The Old Farmer's Almanac, are calling for rain in the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast regions, with chances for precipitation in other parts of the country as well.

According to Laurel Harbridge, a Northwestern University political science professor, GOP voters are not typically discouraged by rain. “Republicans are helped by bad weather ... it does harm Democratic prospects.”

Wendy Schiller, a political science professor at Brown University, echoed Harbridge. “Bad weather almost always hurts Democrats,” she said. “The traditional Democratic base tends to include lower-income people and the elderly. Both of those demographic groups have a hard time getting to the polls.”
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/125791-more-bad-news-for-dems-rain-in-the-forecast-for-election-day

[BurtWorm]

1. Bull shit.

Motivated people have no problem going to the polls in any kind of weather, no matter what their age or income.

What an assholish received opinion.

PS: I guess they think the Democrat's senior contingent is weaker than the ancient farts on the right. Fuck that shit!

[pintobean]

4. This claim has been around as long as I can remember.

I've always considered it bullshit.

[BurtWorm]

12. I remember my political science teacher in high school telling us this.

I bought it, too, being the naif I was at 14.

There's too much evidence that what really goes in certain parts of the country on every election, regardless of weather, is that Dem voters of the groups mentioned in this article are suppressed by poorly planned polling--one might even say *deliberately* poorly planned polling.

[truebrit71]

2. I think it's bull...anything to try and depress the vote...

...when the choice is either, elect a right-wing woman-hating fucktard by default because it's raining, or, get my ass to the voting booth to make sure the right-wing woman-hating fucktard DOESN'T get elected..I think the choice is fairly simple in most Dem's minds...

[napi21]

3. Well damn! I made it all the way to 67 years & nobody told me

that I'd melt in the rain!!!!!!!!

What kind of foolishness is that article? BS!

[jdlh8894]

7. 10 years your junior. But last night

in Cherokee Co.,I wasn't worried about melting. Big old things were crashing down.
Worried more about getting smashed!

[napi21]

23. HI! Nice to meet you. I wasn't talking about getting hit with hard stuff!

Hope everything is OK at your neighborhood after that storm. It rained hard here, but not THAT HARD Just a mess with leaves that were blown off a bit prematurely.

Stay safe & hopefully dry!

[Skink]

5. another reason for your state to have early voting.

[AspenRose]

17. Exactly!

[Pathwalker]

6. Good! That means I'll get to use my giant umbrella! I hardly ever

get to use it. Hmmm, I wonder where it is... :bounce:

Good thing humans are not water soluble. :rofl:

[jdlh8894]

10. Not soluble-Just based.n/t

[pintobean]

11. lol. Maybe our gotv efforts should include these

on swivel casters.

[MineralMan]

8. It's crap. This shibboleth crops up at every election. Which side

will be hurt by bad weather changes, depending on which side most needs the best turnout, in the media's eyes. But, it does give some academic nobodies a chance to get their 15 seconds.

[Dawgs]

9. I stood in the POURING rain with hundreds of people for the 2008 election.

Almost all were Democrats.

[spanone]

13. the media is in full-blown destroy democrats mode....24/7

[subterranean]

14. OFFICIAL Election Day Forecast

I checked the National Weather Service, which I consider a lot more reliable than The Old Farmer's Almanac, and it doesn't look bad at all! Much better than this past Tuesday.
Here's the forecast for Election Day in some key cities and regions:

Chicago: partly cloudy
Minneapolis: partly cloudy
Ohio: 30%-40% chance of showers
Pittsburgh & Philadelphia: partly sunny becoming mostly cloudy
Northeast: partly cloudy
Delaware: partly sunny
Colorado: clear
Seattle: rain likely (but that won't stop anybody here from voting)
California: partly cloudy north, clear south

[wisteria]

25. Your list of forcasts make their story seem like even more BS. n/t

[AspenRose]

15. It's Autumn.

Typical fall weather.

If we moved election day to April, they'd say the same thing: Too much rain.
If it was moved to July..."HEATWAVE KEEPS EVERYONE INSIDE and AWAY FROM THE POLLS!"

Give me a break, already.

[walldude]

16. Yes for the first time in history it will rain on the entire country all at once.

Gimme a fucking break with this bullshit.

[emulatorloo]

18. In my state, lots of Democratic seniors are voting early or absentee.

So there, Laurel Harbridge.

[damntexdem]

19. Now how did the Koch brothers arrange that?

;-)

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

20. Seems like the teabaggers would be the ones averse to rain.

[pintobean]

21. That's the best comment I've seen in quite a while.

[lame54]

22. How in the world is Rove arranging for it to rain?

[wisteria]

24. Another BS story to discourage Democrats from voting.

I honestly do not think the weather has that much impact unless there is severe weather. I know nothing is going to stop me from voting Tuesday-I will be there to vote no matter what kind of weather we are having.

[marmar]

26. This is getting almost comical.

nt

[BlueDemKev]

27. The National Weather Service is forecasting....

...the following in the most crucial states on Tuesday, 11/2:

California: Sunny (LA & SF)
Nevada: Sunny (LV & Reno)
Colorado: Sunny (Denver)
Illinois Sunny (Chicago)
Pennsylvania Sunny (Philadelphia); Some Rain (Pittsburgh)
Washington Rain (Seattle) BUT THOSE FOLKS ARE USED TO IT.