this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2024
805 points (96.2% liked)
pics
19662 readers
1017 users here now
Rules:
1.. Please mark original photos with [OC] in the title if you're the photographer
2..Pictures containing a politician from any country or planet are prohibited, this is a community voted on rule.
3.. Image must be a photograph, no AI or digital art.
4.. No NSFW/Cosplay/Spam/Trolling images.
5.. Be civil. No racism or bigotry.
Photo of the Week Rule(s):
1.. On Fridays, the most upvoted original, marked [OC], photo posted between Friday and Thursday will be the next week's banner and featured photo.
2.. The weekly photos will be saved for an end of the year run off.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://mastodon.world/about
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Hello, fellow Okie.
I know how this state is going to vote. It's been a given every year for nearly six decades. But I'm still gonna vote, as I have in every election since I turned 18. Change doesn't happen if those who want it get discouraged and sit their asses at home.
What has really inspired me this year is the overwhelming majority of Harris-Walz signs in my neighborhood. I stopped counting, but I reckon there are at least thirty of them. I've seen a grand total of five Trump-Vance signs, and three of them are at the same house.
Also, you get much rain last night? It was so good to finally hear thunder again. I had six tenths in my rain gauge this morning!
Update: I stood in line for an hour and a half and cast my ballot. Next time around, I'll remember to request my mail-in ballot on time lol
I'd be very happy just to see Oklahoma actually wait until the polls close to declare the republican presidential win...
I swear every year, they decide it so early I am convinced the electors don't even care what the vote counts are. There is no fucking way backwards as fuck Oklahoma figured out a way to accurately track and count votes faster than any other state - and voter turnout would need to be so high they know it can't possibly turn around in the last 2 hours of the polls still being open? Yea right.
It's because of the small population. They can tell that there is no way for the other person to take over by a certain time if they have a certain percentage that have already voted.
For example: If you have 100 people voting and 70 people have turned theirs in with 3 of those going to the other side, there is no way the side with 3 votes can win.
It's not that small a population...I know 4 million isn't a ton compared to several other states, but it's not tiny either.
It works in larger populations too, they just go by counties and towns. The math is still the same.
Even if that were true, you are still implying they have the ability to count the vote apparently faster than any other state and analyze those votes to that degree.
More problematic, historic voter turnout in Oklahoma is some of the lowest in the country... So the number of people that have not voted, would be enough to flip the state in any direction. Using your simplified numbers, it would be like 100 registered voters, 35 of which voted one way, and 15 going the other. There are still 50 people that have not voted with polls open for 2-3 more hours, and deciding that's good enough and calling it.