2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan & Illinois, Texas -- Election day weather warning.
Early vote and reduce your election line wait time by 400%* and don't stand out in the cold rain.
Democrats win when there is heavy voter turnout. Of the states above, Early Voting is allowed in all, less Michigan.
Early voting states (green), Year 2000 EV states (left) v. Year 2016 EV states (right)
New York Times
Election day weather forecast, unstable weather (which lowers democratic turnout) November 8th, 2016.
AccuWeather
EARLY VOTE - it's convenient and will save you time. It's your best opportunity to influence the 2016 election.
WHY? - PROCRASTINATION
There are 200M registered voters this year and 22 million have EV'ed, which means there might be upwards of 150 million people trying to stand in lines on election day.
If you live in a state that allows Early Voting...
get it done before the fiasco that is going to be election day.
* My own estimate comparing EV line wait times to election day line wait times.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)jcgoldie
(11,646 posts)It may rain but it will not be cold.
If the forecast holds - rain is good. West side (rain)of Michigan is very Republican while the East side (no rain) is heavy Democratic. GOTV!!!
ffr
(22,671 posts)Last edited Wed Nov 2, 2016, 03:59 AM - Edit history (1)
Folks, if your state has open early voting and you skip it for the opportunity to stand in lines 4 times as long on election day, you must be a glutton for punishment.
Took me 7 minutes to early vote in my state. Done! How sweet it is!
Edit: To add PBO backing me up on this.