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Republicans take big lead in colorado early voting

Erod said:
What will be the spin tomorrow?
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Libs will claim that its somehow actually a good thing that they lost. And then they will spin the results and say that since they expected a bigger loss, its evidence that the republicans aren't doing so great.

Wait for it-mountains of bs.
 
Perotista said:
Exactly, same thing here. I think what actually brought early voting to my attention as it was a none issue before that. It was that Ohio began early voting back in 2012 a week before the first presidential debate. That was when I decided it was plain wrong. But like you say, there are tons of other issues way ahead of it.
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Ohio wanted to own the momentum of the election, by getting the ball rolling early.
 
US Conservative said:
Libs will claim that its somehow actually a good thing that they lost. And then they will spin the results and say that since they expected a bigger loss, its evidence that the republicans aren't doing so great.

Wait for it-mountains of bs.
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They haven't lost yet, so calm down. They could still do just fine.
 
jimbo said:
Why are voting results being reported out of the Secretary of State's office at all?

A few years back there was a controversy over media predicting results before the polls closed everywhere. The practice was stopped. I agree. Now it appears that voting information is being released far in advance of polls closing. This trend can't be good.
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AFAIK they aren't posting voting results, just numbers of ballots received by party.
 
US Conservative said:
Libs will claim that its somehow actually a good thing that they lost. And then they will spin the results and say that since they expected a bigger loss, its evidence that the republicans aren't doing so great.

Wait for it-mountains of bs.
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Actually, a Republican win will put them in a spot. There are going to be 24 Republican seats up for grabs in 2016, and most of them are in blue states. If the GOP goes teabagger after the win, they are going to lose most of them, and lose the Senate. However, if the GOP kicks the teabaggers to the curb, they will have a chance. My bet is that the GOP ends up with 52 seats, and the mainstream of the party locks the teabaggers out. Republicans finally get some sanity, and that will be a very good thing. Who knows, they might even get to keep the Senate in 2016.
 
danarhea said:
Actually, a Republican win will put them in a spot. There are going to be 24 Republican seats up for grabs in 2016, and most of them are in blue states. If the GOP goes teabagger after the win, they are going to lose most of them, and lose the Senate. However, if the GOP kicks the teabaggers to the curb, they will have a chance. My bet is that the GOP ends up with 52 seats, and the mainstream of the party locks the teabaggers out. Republicans finally get some sanity, and that will be a very good thing. Who knows, they might even get to keep the Senate in 2016.
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So you believe in big govt like Beltway Republicans instead of small govt like Tea Party Republicans. I'm not surprised, just disappointed.
 
danarhea said:
Actually, a Republican win will put them in a spot. There are going to be 24 Republican seats up for grabs in 2016, and most of them are in blue states. If the GOP goes teabagger after the win, they are going to lose most of them, and lose the Senate. However, if the GOP kicks the teabaggers to the curb, they will have a chance. My bet is that the GOP ends up with 52 seats, and the mainstream of the party locks the teabaggers out. Republicans finally get some sanity, and that will be a very good thing. Who knows, they might even get to keep the Senate in 2016.
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Thats a whole other issue. I happen to really like the Tea Party, and dont think that the republicans will win running democrat light like they have against Obama.
 
US Conservative said:
AFAIK they aren't posting voting results, just numbers of ballots received by party.
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True, but if the state is posting the number of Republicans vs Democrats voting, it doesn't much math to guess that the majority of R's are voting R, and the D's are voting D.

Like other election, IMO, these votes should not be posted until after the polls close.
 
jimbo said:
True, but if the state is posting the number of Republicans vs Democrats voting, it doesn't much math to guess that the majority of R's are voting R, and the D's are voting D.

Like other election, IMO, these votes should not be posted until after the polls close.
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I dont know CO's laws, but I haven't seen that this is illegal.
 
US Conservative said:
I dont know CO's laws, but I haven't seen that this is illegal.
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I'm not sure either, but I guess the state believes it is.

A similar issue occured a few years back when the networks were calling elections before the polls closed everywhere. The argument was that the info might influence late voters, particularily on the west coast. The practice has stopped.

IMO, this info could influence not just votes, but how campaigns are run the last few days. Especially when the info is released days ahead.

Do we really need to know play by play data ahead of the official election day.
 
American said:
Ohio wanted to own the momentum of the election, by getting the ball rolling early.
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Yeah, but when you start early voting 6 weeks out or however early it was a lot of stuff can happen between then and election day. There has been a lot of October surprises in history that effected the election in November.

It is my understanding that early voting was instituted so more people could vote. If true it hasn't worked. Back in the 1960's with only voting on election day you have well over 60% of the electorate cast their votes. Even the midterms back then almost 50% of the people voted in them.

in 2012 53% voted, 2008 56% 2004 55% and in 2000 51%, a far cry from the 65% who voted in just one day back in the 1960's. Recent midterms are just as bad with early voting, 35-38% vs 45-49% back in the 60's.
 
Perotista said:
Yeah, but when you start early voting 6 weeks out or however early it was a lot of stuff can happen between then and election day. There has been a lot of October surprises in history that effected the election in November.

It is my understanding that early voting was instituted so more people could vote. If true it hasn't worked. Back in the 1960's with only voting on election day you have well over 60% of the electorate cast their votes. Even the midterms back then almost 50% of the people voted in them.

in 2012 53% voted, 2008 56% 2004 55% and in 2000 51%, a far cry from the 65% who voted in just one day back in the 1960's. Recent midterms are just as bad with early voting, 35-38% vs 45-49% back in the 60's.
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All true, but I think it's done more for political reasons.
 
American said:
All true, but I think it's done more for political reasons.
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Behind all changes in election laws are done for political reasons, to give one side an advantage or the other.
 
Fenton said:
LOL !!

They're going to have to change up the voting machines in Colorado next election.

Two Bug buttons for the pot heads.

Democrat or Republican.
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Maybe the buttons can have Dorritos on one side and candy on the other.
 
danarhea said:
Actually, a Republican win will put them in a spot. There are going to be 24 Republican seats up for grabs in 2016, and most of them are in blue states. If the GOP goes teabagger after the win, they are going to lose most of them, and lose the Senate. However, if the GOP kicks the teabaggers to the curb, they will have a chance. My bet is that the GOP ends up with 52 seats, and the mainstream of the party locks the teabaggers out. Republicans finally get some sanity, and that will be a very good thing. Who knows, they might even get to keep the Senate in 2016.
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I will give you one thing Dana, you correctly stated the number of Senate seats are won this morning...However, just what the hell a supposed "Conservative" accomplishes by throwing around a derogatory term like "teabagger" other than showing that said person really isn't a "Conservative" at all. Because only someone interested in dividing the party would be so obtuse as to try such a worn out tactic...It's a really good thing that you show up so rarely IMHO, because clearly your opinion is just not an honest one from the jump.
 
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