Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Election Day PSA


When you frame the problem incorrectly, all your variables come out wrong.

(Addendum: I headed over to my polling place about 1600 local time. Normally there's 10-12 people, and it takes about 5 minutes to get inside to vote. This time, 80 people ahead of me. Took 45 minutes to get inside, took 2 minutes to vote. For the first time in years, on a multi-page paper ballot with check boxes. Not punch cards, not electronic voting machines. When I came out, the line was 100+ people long, snaking down the length of building and then halfway around the block. Another 40-50 folks while I waited showed up to drop off their mail-in ballots. And the location was open for early voting since last week. Whatever the final results, the turnout looks to be epic.)

7 comments:

Pat H. said...

That fits my position almost perfectly.

Peteforester said...

Bingo. When Trump was elected in '16, I told my wife that this didn't change what would eventually happen, but would "flatten the glidepath" a little, giving us more time to prepare for the inevitable.

Anonymous said...

Being behind enemy lines my national vote is just flipping the bird at the filth, nevertheless I flipped it.
There are several citizens initiatives that are looking good to give a giant middle finger to yhe outgoing govenor.

pyrrhus said...

Winners never quit and quitters never win....

Anonymous said...

I agree. If he gets back in (and the only way he doesn't is cheating), he'll slow the slide and let us get into a better position for when things get worse.

If the girl gets in, the current trajectory will continue..
J

Termite said...

Even if Rump wins, it only buys time.

This will not change, until Washington DC, NYFC, and Sacramento, CA disappear in a series of blinding white flashes.
At that point, things change.

John Wilder said...

We avoided the margin of fraud.