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4/27/2016 8:53 am  #1


Voter turn out April 26, 2016

York county

DEMOCRATIC Registration & Turnout

99,061 Voters 
Total 37,797   38.16%

 

Last edited by Common Sense (4/27/2016 8:54 am)


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4/27/2016 8:55 am  #2


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

York county

REPUBLICAN Registration & Turnout
137,892 Voters

Total71,865 52.12%
 

Last edited by Common Sense (4/27/2016 8:56 am)


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4/27/2016 12:15 pm  #3


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

I'll bet those sparse Dems who voted are among the loudest critics of our state legislature.  Too bad no one convinced the remainder of the others to get out and vote.

 

4/27/2016 12:27 pm  #4


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

This is the first time in many years that people in PA thought that their vote might make a difference in the actual selection so I can see why at least the R-tribe got high turnout (but apparently on the negative side they did not understand that most of their delegates were not bound necessarily to abide by the winner). 

On the D-tribe side I thought the turnout was actually good considering that it appears that even before PA that Hillary had it pretty well wrapped up. Yesterday just put the nail in the coffin to Bernie's bid pending anything HUGE happening on the e-mail front which I think is highly unlikely. 

 


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4/27/2016 3:39 pm  #5


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

PA's primary election laws need to change to reflect an open election process. If you are not registered as a voter to one of the two major parties, your ability to cast your vote is severely restricted or totally impossible. It is no wonder voters get disillusioned, turn apathetic, and just give up.

And that, my friend, is the intent of the two major parties.

 

4/27/2016 6:14 pm  #6


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

I am fine with the closed primary process, it cuts down on the people trying to sabotage candidates in the other party (like Limbaugh tried in the 08 Dem nomination process).

What amazes me is the number of people who don't understand how this process works, and it has been this way for years

 

4/27/2016 7:46 pm  #7


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

A compromise:  Allow people to register with one of the tribes the day of the election instead of one, two, three, or more months before.  Some states do that, while New York requires registering 6 months in advance. 

 

4/27/2016 8:25 pm  #8


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

MichaelFasano wrote:

Brady Bunch wrote:

I am fine with the closed primary process, it cuts down on the people trying to sabotage candidates in the other party (like Limbaugh tried in the 08 Dem nomination process).

What amazes me is the number of people who don't understand how this process works, and it has been this way for years

It amazes me the number of people who proudly proclaim themselves as independents, and then indignantly tell one of the two parties how they need to conduct their business.

 
I guess I'm just amazed and indignant.

But I am not ignorant of the distortions created by the overt partisanship and gridlock that our current major political parties, aided by the injection of huge amounts of cash contributed by individuals and corporations along with startlingly biased gerrymandering almost guaranteeing re-election of incumbents, have had an overall negative effect on our government's ability to truly represent the will of the people.

 

4/27/2016 8:30 pm  #9


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

Rongone wrote:

MichaelFasano wrote:

Brady Bunch wrote:

I am fine with the closed primary process, it cuts down on the people trying to sabotage candidates in the other party (like Limbaugh tried in the 08 Dem nomination process).

What amazes me is the number of people who don't understand how this process works, and it has been this way for years

It amazes me the number of people who proudly proclaim themselves as independents, and then indignantly tell one of the two parties how they need to conduct their business.

 
I guess I'm just amazed and indignant.

But I am not ignorant of the distortions created by the overt partisanship and gridlock that our current major political parties, aided by the injection of huge amounts of cash contributed by individuals and corporations along with startlingly biased gerrymandering almost guaranteeing re-election of incumbents, have had an overall negative effect on our government's ability to truly represent the will of the people.

Rongone,

I want to clarify that I wasn't amazed at what you said.  I was referring to the people who showed up at the polls and didn't understand why they either couldn't vote at all or couldn't vote in the primary for the other party.

I concur with your 2nd paragraph.
 

 

4/28/2016 7:20 am  #10


Re: Voter turn out April 26, 2016

York County voting precincts reporting high turnout
Get the full story here:
http://www.armstrongmywire.com/news/read/category/News/hashtag/News/article/the_york_dispatch-york_county_voting_precincts_reporting_high_turnou-tca

April 26--Voting precincts across York County are reporting high voter turnout through the afternoon of Tuesday's primary elections.Poll workers at St. Paul's Chapel and Red Lion Senior Center saw a slow stream of voters around noon but had reported higher-than-normal numbers in the morning.Ed Kline, an election official at Red Lion Senior Center, said the center already had its largest turnout ever for a primary vote as of 1 p.m., with approximately 35 percent of 1,500 registered voters already done.
 

Last edited by Common Sense (4/28/2016 7:21 am)


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