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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFolks maybe need to brace themselves for a possible surprise Gomez win in Massachusetts today.
For one reason: "As of 3 p.m., 48,868 voters in Boston, or 12.5 percent of the citys electorate, had cast ballots, according to state election officials. That is a significant drop from the 2010 special Senate election, when 81,882 voters in Boston, or about 22 percent, had voted in Boston at 3 p.m." - Boston.com
12.5%.
Bank on a lot of that being GOP voters. The idea that voting Republican in Massachusetts is a hopeless cause died a swift death in 2010...and if you think there aren't a lot of conservative voters here, you've bought into the old fiction about "The People's Republic of Massachusetts."
I'm not saying anything here, but I'm having oh, fuck, not again feelings after seeing that turnout number.
Stay tuned.
Update: as of 6pm, Boston turnout up to 18%. Still below the 2010 election.
Autumn
(45,803 posts)Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)kentuck
(112,301 posts)That the way George W beat Ann Richards for Governor of Texas/
Dawson Leery
(19,358 posts)There are some Democratic towns which Gomez has won due to low turnout.
On the other hand, if Boston had a respectable turnout, Markey will win easily.
Warpy
(112,815 posts)but he didn't stay in and he was less of a disaster than Gomez is. The big danger is that Markey won't run again if he loses.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)If they don't fucking vote......
Gman
(24,780 posts)That's why we used to say that on Election Day the GOP prays for rain and Democrats pray for sunshine.
Skink
(10,122 posts)Even Texas has early voting.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)Massachusetts is my state. I live here and vote here. Voting has never been a problem for me and I don't stand in line more than 15 minutes. Voting in Massachusetts is efficient, IMO. Early voting doesn't solve the problem of disinterest and ignorance.
AndyTiedye
(23,522 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)derp? Freakin derp?
alsame
(7,784 posts)positive thoughts until the election is called.
elleng
(134,837 posts)Polls close at 8:00 P.M.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Chicago politics!!!
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)hlthe2b
(105,083 posts)sigh...
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)...
Keefer
(713 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)where Democrats tend to do very well
Dawson Leery
(19,358 posts)Boston and Middlesex counties are not in yet.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)senseandsensibility
(19,617 posts)who will vote after work? I know nothing about Boston (literally zero, lol), but that's how it works in California. Keeping my fingers crossed.
opiate69
(10,129 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,358 posts)life long demo
(1,113 posts)I'm from PA. I checked the returns, so far 55% - 45% in favor of Markey, 96% reporting. But what I found interesting was 2008 almost total blue. 2010 a lot of red, 2012 still a lot of red, 2013 a little less red but not by much (just observed, didn't count). Is Mass turning purple? Heaven forbid
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)The low turnout fucks all the math up and had me worried.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Markey Won....!
Even if it was low turnout, Will...HE PULLED THROUGH! Dodged that bullet.
Thanks for heads up...interested to see how the vote tally went. I would expect that Dem turnout might be lower than 2010...but, if there was a good uptick at end...that would be hopeful going forward into 2014.
Although...by then I wonder if either party is going to get good numbers by then given the news coming out constatly.
STILL GOOD, though!
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)out worked and out flanked Gomez, pure and simple.