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sunonmars

(8,657 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:56 PM Nov 2018

Nashville's 35 largest precincts have already surpassed the Election Day turnout in 2016

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NEW: An amazing stat given to me by Davidson County Elections Administrator Jeff Roberts just now. Election Day vote totals across Nashville's 35 largest precincts have already surpassed the Election Day turnout at those precincts in the 2016 election. That's massive turnout.

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Bloody hell......

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Nashville's 35 largest precincts have already surpassed the Election Day turnout in 2016 (Original Post) sunonmars Nov 2018 OP

Great news for Bredesen! BlueintheSTL Nov 2018 #1

This is fracking amazing YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #2

I imagine, largest precincts means urban, so probably big Dem. sunonmars Nov 2018 #3

Nashville's vote is much more liberal and Democratic than the state as a whole, Tanuki Nov 2018 #10

Thanks for the link YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #13

Davidson County - where Nashville is located - NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #14

According to a post in the tweet thread, that's in a Dem district! Kaleva Nov 2018 #4

This is the kind of indicator I'd expect for a tsunami YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #5

Excellent news Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #6

This is very exciting. Think the Trump supporters are shitting their pants about right now? I do. Wintryjade Nov 2018 #7

Bredesen is probably our pivot for the Senate. dawg Nov 2018 #8

That's amazing! n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2018 #9

I just can't imagine Bredensen's opponent generating this kind of excitement.... LAS14 Nov 2018 #11

This is the kind of info I have been waiting for. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2018 #15

BlueintheSTL

(135 posts)

1. Great news for Bredesen!

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:58 PM

Nov 2018

Hoping he can still win this.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,113 posts)

2. This is fracking amazing

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:58 PM

Nov 2018

Are they trying to save TrumptyDumpty or are they part of the blue wave?

sunonmars

(8,657 posts)

3. I imagine, largest precincts means urban, so probably big Dem.

Reply to YessirAtsaFact (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:59 PM

Nov 2018

Tanuki

(16,508 posts)

10. Nashville's vote is much more liberal and Democratic than the state as a whole,

Reply to YessirAtsaFact (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:35 PM

Nov 2018

so this is really good news. For perspective, take a look at the Trump v. Clinton results in 2016 for Tennessee as a whole and then broken out for Davidson County, which in Nashville and its surrounding metropolitan area:

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/tennessee

YessirAtsaFact

(2,113 posts)

13. Thanks for the link

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:51 PM

Nov 2018

NewJeffCT

(56,848 posts)

14. Davidson County - where Nashville is located -

Reply to YessirAtsaFact (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:53 PM

Nov 2018

was one of the three counties that Clinton won in Tennessee (out of 95) - she won it 60% to 34% with 6% to Johnson/Stein. 149,000 votes to 84,500 for Trump. Bredesen would need to improve on that margin as well as in Shelby County (home of Memphis) - Shelby went for Clinton by 209,000 to 116,000. Just about every other county in the state went bigly for Trump - Bredesen would need to cut into the margin in Hamilton as well (went for Trump 79,000 to 55,000), which is home to Chattanooga and Knox County (home to Knoxville), which went Trump 106,000 to 63,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee,_2016

Kaleva

(40,431 posts)

4. According to a post in the tweet thread, that's in a Dem district!

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:59 PM

Nov 2018

YessirAtsaFact

(2,113 posts)

5. This is the kind of indicator I'd expect for a tsunami

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:11 PM

Nov 2018

Nervously waiting, hoping, praying for taking the House and Senate tonight.

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)

6. Excellent news

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:13 PM

Nov 2018

Hopefully Bredesen will bring home the win tonight!! We've done our part here in TN!!

Wintryjade

(814 posts)

7. This is very exciting. Think the Trump supporters are shitting their pants about right now? I do.

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:26 PM

Nov 2018

dawg

(10,777 posts)

8. Bredesen is probably our pivot for the Senate.

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:29 PM

Nov 2018

A huge turnout in Nashville is a good sign.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)

9. That's amazing! n/t

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:30 PM

Nov 2018

LAS14

(15,537 posts)

11. I just can't imagine Bredensen's opponent generating this kind of excitement....

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:43 PM

Nov 2018

... or the non-base Republicans out there.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

12. This is the kind of info I have been waiting for.

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 05:46 PM

Nov 2018

Republicans went all in in 16. They got everybody on their side out. None left to find.

If total votes are now exceeding 16 I can’t see where they found the extra voters.

And in 16 the Obama coalition did not show at the polls. Looks they might be this time.

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