I'll say that for 'em. Fox and Rush keep 'em all cranked up and, by golly, they get out and vote.

If there are fewer of them doing that in this once-reliably conservative district, then I think it's a sign that the ranks of conservatives are thinning.

If Balderson should lose, Donald will abandon and denigrate him as a 'poor' candidate like he did to Roy Moore and Ed Gillespie.

Balderson Said He Didn't Invite Trump To Ohio Rally

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142127213

BUT - it is a unique excuse, put in place as a preemptive strike.

Why don’t both sides just worry about November? Many more will come out then so that is the group of voters to target.

Whoever wins will be known as the "winner", have momentum.

not sure why, but the snowbirds seems to have stayed over the summer more than usual.

.... and a big slap in the face to Trump.

BTW when Trump came to town to campaign for Balderson they switched venues
for him from the Delaware County, Fairgrounds which can seat 25,000 + to a high
school gym that seats maybe 1,500.

.... seating. The Fairground hosts one of the biggest harness races in America, The Little
Brown Jug, and it has lots and lots of seats. BTW reports from the Trump rally was that
a lot of the people who attended it were not from the 12 district where the race is being
run.

is TV makes it look like the room is packed and large. MSM never mentions the venue was changed. Never really discusses the smaller crowd sizes. They participate in the chicanery that this is all normal. I haven't felt normal for awhile.


Plus they show him spouting his lies as if he is a legitimate president but that is another thread.

ratings and all “ doncha know”.

This high school gymnasium was reported to also have a failing air conditioning system at the rally so normal celebrating-the-Cretin antics were apparently rather subdued.

I actually had to Google a question about where the rally had been held because not much was made of it locally as far as I could tell/hear.

People were far more interested in the State Fair.

and also working in an area not far from Delaware County, I can believe that easily. I only heard one mention of the rally at all and that was because of the failing air conditioning at the auditorium! There are a lot of pockets of voters not eligible to vote the special election because of district “lines”.

I also am a poll worker. During our practice session it was mentioned that turn-out expectancy was not particularly high. While a bit more attention had been building, Back to school, some humid weather coming in and summer vacations were part of the distractions. It will be an interesting day for sure.

(I did, however, hear two separate O’Conner radio ads on NPR on the way to the Board of Elections and one again as I was heading back home! Very positive, upbeat “high road” ads from O’Conner, himself, focused on how he would benefit the average Joe and Jenny public. No mention/slamming of his opponent, just calm, classy hopeful messages.)

Absentee impostors would be a huge political find at the ballot box

Just like when Connor Lamb won PA-18.

“Oh, Rick Saccone was a boring candidiate, this isn’t indicative of a national trend...”

I thought they were all unemployed because of the disastrous Obama economy.

For decades, Republicans have worked to eliminate paid time off for the proles, whether it's vacation or sick time. The idea of working people just lolling around for two whole days out of every seven just sends them into a rage. And now the ultimate betrayal - Republican voters missing a special election because they're on vacation! To the barricades, boys! Time to stamp out the pestilence of paid time off once and for all.