Oldbear83 said:

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My daughter and I went to vote today, and I noticed some interesting changes from past elections. I have been voting at primary and general elections for over a quarter-century at the same location, and there have always been clear trends at this location. My location in Southwest Harris County usually has about 3 women to every 2 men, with about 15% over 50 and a good turnout from young voters, generally about a third (33%) or so. The race makeup is usually about 45% White, 25% Black, 20% Hispanic and 10% Asian. Turnout is similar to most other places, with highest turnout on Presidential General Elections, then Primaries on Presidential Election years, then General Election and Primaries a bit down on Midterm years.

Today the line was huge; it took about two hours to get in and vote. It happens that I was able to see a lot of the people in line, as well as those leaving after they vote. The first thing I noticed was that the voters today were overwhelmingly white, about 80%, with Hispanics at about 10%, and Blacks/Asians making up the remainder at roughly equal amounts. I also noticed a lot of patriotic attire, no idea what to make of it but it was different from past elections. I also noticed that the over 50 voters made up about 55-60% of the voters, with the remainder basically split among the other age groups.

Now this is just one day at one place, but the difference between now and past elections was striking. Anyone else vote already, and if so what was your experience?

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Mitch Blood Green said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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My daughter and I went to vote today, and I noticed some interesting changes from past elections. I have been voting at primary and general elections for over a quarter-century at the same location, and there have always been clear trends at this location. My location in Southwest Harris County usually has about 3 women to every 2 men, with about 15% over 50 and a good turnout from young voters, generally about a third (33%) or so. The race makeup is usually about 45% White, 25% Black, 20% Hispanic and 10% Asian. Turnout is similar to most other places, with highest turnout on Presidential General Elections, then Primaries on Presidential Election years, then General Election and Primaries a bit down on Midterm years.

Today the line was huge; it took about two hours to get in and vote. It happens that I was able to see a lot of the people in line, as well as those leaving after they vote. The first thing I noticed was that the voters today were overwhelmingly white, about 80%, with Hispanics at about 10%, and Blacks/Asians making up the remainder at roughly equal amounts. I also noticed a lot of patriotic attire, no idea what to make of it but it was different from past elections. I also noticed that the over 50 voters made up about 55-60% of the voters, with the remainder basically split among the other age groups.

Now this is just one day at one place, but the difference between now and past elections was striking. Anyone else vote already, and if so what was your experience?

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Congratulations on voting. I voted today. In and out in 10 minutes. I cancelled your vote!

I find it frustrating when people wait until 5:00 on election day and then have a hiccup. (and complain)

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Oldbear83 said:

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Mitch Blood Green said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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f daughter and I went to vote today, and I noticed some interesting changes from past elections. I have been voting at primary and general elections for over a quarter-century at the same location, and there have always been clear trends at this location. My location in Southwest Harris County usually has about 3 women to every 2 men, with about 15% over 50 and a good turnout from young voters, generally about a third (33%) or so. The race makeup is usually about 45% White, 25% Black, 20% Hispanic and 10% Asian. Turnout is similar to most other places, with highest turnout on Presidential General Elections, then Primaries on Presidential Election years, then General Election and Primaries a bit down on Midterm years.

Today the line was huge; it took about two hours to get in and vote. It happens that I was able to see a lot of the people in line, as well as those leaving after they vote. The first thing I noticed was that the voters today were overwhelmingly white, about 80%, with Hispanics at about 10%, and Blacks/Asians making up the remainder at roughly equal amounts. I also noticed a lot of patriotic attire, no idea what to make of it but it was different from past elections. I also noticed that the over 50 voters made up about 55-60% of the voters, with the remainder basically split among the other age groups.

Now this is just one day at one place, but the difference between now and past elections was striking. Anyone else vote already, and if so what was your experience?

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Congratulations on voting. I voted today. In and out in 10 minutes. I cancelled your vote!

I find it frustrating when people wait until 5:00 on election day and then have a hiccup. (and complain)

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So what was your experience like, Mitch? You mentioned 10 minutes, so it sounds like a small turnout at your precinct. Did you notice the demographics by chance?

Thanks in advance.

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Realitybites said:

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Voted for divided government.

Unfortunately our (R) on offer for governor basically has a criminal record and is corrupt.

Voted (L) for Governor

Voted (D) for State Executive Branch offices to keep the (R) governor in check in case he does win.

Voted to retain all judges so the new governor wouldn't have the opportunity to appoint any regardless of party affiliation.

Voted (R) for the State Assembly.

Voted (D) for the Federal House and Senate. Hopefully if we get enough (D)s in the Congress, Trump will get impeached and removed from office, replaced with Vance.

If they're busy fighting each other for power, they can't focus on screwing us over.

Turnout in this (R) district was low.

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Oldbear83 said:

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Realitybites said:

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Nah.

Just 5D chess.

Better than treating the polling booth like a pep rally.

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Dishonest, to yourself at the very least, to pretend that a Democrat Congress is anything but a threat against the American people.

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Oldbear83 said:

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But to the thread topic, BarB. Did you vote yesterday or today, and if so what was your experience?

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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The_barBEARian said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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Let me guess... you dont agree with point 3)

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ABC BEAR said:

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Never vote for any democrat under any circumstances.

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The_barBEARian said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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But to the thread topic, BarB. Did you vote yesterday or today, and if so what was your experience?

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Like I said, I plan to wait until election day.

I'm in Tarrant County so I'm supremely pissed that democrats probably take over the county and jack up property taxes because Trump the worthless idiots and cowards in Congress completely squandered a Republican majority.

The midterms were always going to be a challenge but they've made it almost impossible for all the local candidates here to succeed and we actually have some good candidates running for county and state offices that I am happy to support.

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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Realitybites said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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They aren't.

All politicians are tools for policy.

DJT was a tool to hammer the left until he threw in the towel on immigration, no new wars, and Epstein.

Now the left becomes a tool to temporarily hammer DJT for his disobedience.

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Oldbear83 said:

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Realitybites said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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They aren't.

All politicians are tools for policy.

DJT was a tool to hammer the left until he threw in the towel on immigration, no new wars, and Epstein.

Now the left becomes a tool to temporarily hammer DJT for his disobedience.

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** sigh **

1. Not sure where you got the idea that Trump "threw in the towel on immigration". He's as strong as ever on border protection and kicking out illegals. Trump has never been against legal immigration, so that's a swing and a miss from you there;

2. The Iran War is hard to understand, but I think there are two aspects to consider. First, Iran was clearly doing something nuclear that Trump believed needed a response in force. What that exactly was and what would have been the best course, we may never know. Second, Trump has always been pro-Israel, on multiple levels, and I agree this allowed Netanyahu to manipulate him. Hopefully, going forward Trump will apply that lesson to his foreign policy, and there is some reason to believe he got the message;

3. Epstein is used by almost everyone bringing him up as a red herring. It's used by the Right to accuse the Left of all manner of disgusting behavior, and of course the Left does the same in reverse. Both the Biden and Trump Administrations have had access to everything about Epstein, yet neither used the files to go after major political targets, which makes pretty clear what the observant people have noticed from releases: What gets called the "Epstein files" is almost entirely media accounts and references to recognizable names - being "named" in the files has nothing to do with actual culpability.

Hope that helps you see my position.

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The_barBEARian said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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Realitybites said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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They aren't.

All politicians are tools for policy.

DJT was a tool to hammer the left until he threw in the towel on immigration, no new wars, and Epstein.

Now the left becomes a tool to temporarily hammer DJT for his disobedience.

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** sigh **

1. Not sure where you got the idea that Trump "threw in the towel on immigration". He's as strong as ever on border protection and kicking out illegals. Trump has never been against legal immigration, so that's a swing and a miss from you there;

2. The Iran War is hard to understand, but I think there are two aspects to consider. First, Iran was clearly doing something nuclear that Trump believed needed a response in force. What that exactly was and what would have been the best course, we may never know. Second, Trump has always been pro-Israel, on multiple levels, and I agree this allowed Netanyahu to manipulate him. Hopefully, going forward Trump will apply that lesson to his foreign policy, and there is some reason to believe he got the message;

3. Epstein is used by almost everyone bringing him up as a red herring. It's used by the Right to accuse the Left of all manner of disgusting behavior, and of course the Left does the same in reverse. Both the Biden and Trump Administrations have had access to everything about Epstein, yet neither used the files to go after major political targets, which makes pretty clear what the observant people have noticed from releases: What gets called the "Epstein files" is almost entirely media accounts and references to recognizable names - being "named" in the files has nothing to do with actual culpability.

Hope that helps you see my position.

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Antifa and other assorted leftwing terrorists drove ICE out of Minnesota... it was a full scale retreat by the Trump admin. They gave up so easily over two dead terrorists... it was pathetic.

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Oldbear83 said:

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The_barBEARian said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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Realitybites said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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They aren't.

All politicians are tools for policy.

DJT was a tool to hammer the left until he threw in the towel on immigration, no new wars, and Epstein.

Now the left becomes a tool to temporarily hammer DJT for his disobedience.

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** sigh **

1. Not sure where you got the idea that Trump "threw in the towel on immigration". He's as strong as ever on border protection and kicking out illegals. Trump has never been against legal immigration, so that's a swing and a miss from you there;

2. The Iran War is hard to understand, but I think there are two aspects to consider. First, Iran was clearly doing something nuclear that Trump believed needed a response in force. What that exactly was and what would have been the best course, we may never know. Second, Trump has always been pro-Israel, on multiple levels, and I agree this allowed Netanyahu to manipulate him. Hopefully, going forward Trump will apply that lesson to his foreign policy, and there is some reason to believe he got the message;

3. Epstein is used by almost everyone bringing him up as a red herring. It's used by the Right to accuse the Left of all manner of disgusting behavior, and of course the Left does the same in reverse. Both the Biden and Trump Administrations have had access to everything about Epstein, yet neither used the files to go after major political targets, which makes pretty clear what the observant people have noticed from releases: What gets called the "Epstein files" is almost entirely media accounts and references to recognizable names - being "named" in the files has nothing to do with actual culpability.

Hope that helps you see my position.

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Antifa and other assorted leftwing terrorists drove ICE out of Minnesota... it was a full scale retreat by the Trump admin. They gave up so easily over two dead terrorists... it was pathetic.

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OK, you run with that if you want. Not authentic, but Trump haters are not known for factual accuracy.

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America,

Biden let in over 30M illegals in 4 yrs. Over 60% were single adult military aged men from countries that hate us.

We now have over 50M illegals and over 100M foreigners in America!

We have no mass deportations!

This will be the U.S. shortly!

Sincerely,

Retired…

— J.J. Carrell (@JJCarrell14) October 19, 2026

Oldbear83 said:

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Good luck with 4th grade, BarB.

I'm sure this being the third time, you will get past it!

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The_barBEARian said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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Good luck with 4th grade, BarB.

I'm sure this being the third time, you will get past it!

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Resorting to petulant insults already Oldbear?

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Oldbear83 said:

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1. Not sure where you got the idea that Trump "threw in the towel on immigration". He's as strong as ever on border protection and kicking out illegals. Trump has never been against legal immigration, so that's a swing and a miss from you there;

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2. The Iran War is hard to understand, but I think there are two aspects to consider. First, Iran was clearly doing something nuclear that Trump believed needed a response in force. What that exactly was and what would have been the best course, we may never know. Second, Trump has always been pro-Israel, on multiple levels, and I agree this allowed Netanyahu to manipulate him. Hopefully, going forward Trump will apply that lesson to his foreign policy, and there is some reason to believe he got the message;

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3. Epstein is used by almost everyone bringing him up as a red herring. It's used by the Right to accuse the Left of all manner of disgusting behavior, and of course the Left does the same in reverse. Both the Biden and Trump Administrations have had access to everything about Epstein, yet neither used the files to go after major political targets, which makes pretty clear what the observant people have noticed from releases: What gets called the "Epstein files" is almost entirely media accounts and references to recognizable names - being "named" in the files has nothing to do with actual culpability.

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Oldbear83 said:

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Realitybites said:

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Oldbear83 said:

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You think Democrats will be good for America? Because while I agree with some of your points, it's not that Democrats suddenly become a good idea, anymore than letting your daughter date a Hell's Angel becomes a good idea.

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They aren't.

All politicians are tools for policy.

DJT was a tool to hammer the left until he threw in the towel on immigration, no new wars, and Epstein.

Now the left becomes a tool to temporarily hammer DJT for his disobedience.

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** sigh **

1. Not sure where you got the idea that Trump "threw in the towel on immigration". He's as strong as ever on border protection and kicking out illegals. Trump has never been against legal immigration, so that's a swing and a miss from you there;

2. The Iran War is hard to understand, but I think there are two aspects to consider. First, Iran was clearly doing something nuclear that Trump believed needed a response in force. What that exactly was and what would have been the best course, we may never know. Second, Trump has always been pro-Israel, on multiple levels, and I agree this allowed Netanyahu to manipulate him. Hopefully, going forward Trump will apply that lesson to his foreign policy, and there is some reason to believe he got the message;

3. Epstein is used by almost everyone bringing him up as a red herring. It's used by the Right to accuse the Left of all manner of disgusting behavior, and of course the Left does the same in reverse. Both the Biden and Trump Administrations have had access to everything about Epstein, yet neither used the files to go after major political targets, which makes pretty clear what the observant people have noticed from releases: What gets called the "Epstein files" is almost entirely media accounts and references to recognizable names - being "named" in the files has nothing to do with actual culpability.

Hope that helps you see my position.

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