I'm really depressed this afternoon.

[Stonepounder]

Last edited Tue May 21, 2019, 11:57 PM - Edit history (1)

We went to vote today in the KY primary. (For some reason KY does its state office primaries in the off year). In the past we have voted in a meeting room of our City Hall. For reasons unknown to us, our polling place was moved a few blocks away to a High School Gym along with several other precincts. No biggie.

We got there sometime after 3:00. We walked into the gym where the poll workers appeared to greatly outnumber the voters. After we voted, I got to chatting with one of the poll workers. Our precinct has 11,000 registered voters. By the time we voted we were #52 and #53 to have voted. The polls close at 6:00.

Seems like Democracy is dead.

On edit,
Update: Looks like every candidate we voted for won! So maybe #52 and #53 helped after all!

[Karadeniz]

1. Ooh, that does seem bad. Sorry!

[Blue_true]

2. The majority of Americans have not connected voting to what happens in their life.

Sad but true. If the majority did, the modern Republican Party would have died two decades ago.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Is this a sign that McConnell could get reelected

despite only 33% approval rating?

[AJT]

5. He will get reelected. He's been unpopular for years and still gets elected.

[Honeycombe8]

4. Is today the only day to vote?

Most people are at work at 3:00. Could that be it?

It's baffling why so many people don't vote or take an interest in politics.

[maxsolomon]

6. Vote by Mail fixes this problem.

It sounds like KY does it this way to depress votes.

[Corgigal]

7. Voted in Kentucky today,

poll workers said they already had 20 percent of voters in, this was at 2.

[Stonepounder]

8. Well then, there is some hope. n/t

[Corgigal]

9. Berea,

We're a cranky bunch.

[TwilightZone]

10. Turnout overall appears to have been very good.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212117615

Hope that helps.

[pecosbob]

11. Yes...it appears that Dems in KY appear to be energized if turnout is any indication.

#GOTV #Talibama