After predicting a record turnout for this primary, there seems to now be a good chance that 8 of the cities have begun to run out of ballots. In fact, they were running out of ballots with 6 hours to go. What does that say about the primary election here?
Well, for one thing, it means that we should begin giving up all the old cliches about what has happened in the past, stop thinking of this in terms of what Clinton did here in 1992 or what McCain did here in 2000 and begin thinking about what the candidates today are saying and what that portends for the continuing election process.
Since I am completely out of the election forecasting business, what this signifies to me is that even when they knew there would be a huge turnout, they were not prepared for how large a turnout there would be in fact.
My mind wonders what this could mean and how to interpret it. I mean if you knew there were X number of people eligible to vote in your state wouldn't you be prepared with many more ballots and shown a bit more professional standards than this. What a weird response to being the premier state primary!
Oh well. This is less suspicious than using an electronic system by Diebold, right?
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