Ut-oh.
Four years ago, I wrote this:
I voted at 11:30. I was voter number 1590 in a precinct with about 3,000 registered voters.
I finished voting around noon today. I was voter number 1421.
Not liking that at all. I hope there’s a spike after work.
It’s possible that it’s just redistricting or early voting. I would bet on the former, it only happens every ten years, after all.
Most people will vote either before work, during lunch, or after work. If you are in a residential area, then most people would vote between 5 and 7. I think that if you went by in the last hour, you will see the crowd.
One of the people at work went to vote in Silver Spring Maryland at 7 and it took him until 8 to actually vote and the line was longer when he finished than when he arrived.
I thought that you wrote that you’re in a deep blue part of Richmond. Isn’t it good that turnout’s down?
No, I moved out of Richmond city into a nice, red town nearby.
So basically, I was right to be worried.
Sucks to be right, today.