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demmiblue

(36,865 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:34 PM Feb 2013

Infographic: How Long Were Election Day Lines in Your State?

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A new analysis by MIT political science professor Charles Stewart III (illustrated in an infographic below) shows the wide disparities in time spent on line by voters across the fifty states and across different demographic groups. The differences by state are striking: Vermont voters waited an average of 2 minutes to vote, while Florida voters waited an average of 45 minutes (the national average was 14 minutes). Overall, African-American and Latino voters waited nearly twice as long on Election Day as white voters did, and rural voters had much shorter waits than suburban and urban voters.

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Infographic: How Long Were Election Day Lines in Your State? (Original Post) demmiblue Feb 2013 OP

Message auto-removed srogers Feb 2013 #1

I am curious how they broke it down by party. bluedigger Feb 2013 #2

Zero lines.... Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #3

I voted absentee by mail. RebelOne Feb 2013 #4

As the graphic suggests, nonexistent. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #5

I voted on the first day of early voting. 2 1/2 weeks before election day rollin74 Feb 2013 #6

I'm in Florida. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #7

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bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

2. I am curious how they broke it down by party.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:02 PM

Feb 2013

Was this based on a voter survey or determined by observation?

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

3. Zero lines....

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:04 PM

Feb 2013

I live in one of those white states in the upper left corner.

Mail in voting is the way to go.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

4. I voted absentee by mail.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:27 PM

Feb 2013

So I avoided any lines. But by TV news reports, the lines were fairly long here in the Atlanta area. I don't know why others don't vote by mail or maybe they just like standing in line for hours.

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

5. As the graphic suggests, nonexistent.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:30 PM

Feb 2013

Oregon = 100% vote-by-mail.

rollin74

(1,976 posts)

6. I voted on the first day of early voting. 2 1/2 weeks before election day

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:37 PM

Feb 2013

I waited about 30 minutes. I think a lot of it had to do with people wanting to cast their vote at the first opportunity on the first day.

lines were much less during most of early voting from what I understand. I don't know many people who waited until election day to vote, so I'm not sure about that

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

7. I'm in Florida.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:51 PM

Feb 2013

It varied...I walked right in and voted, no wait whatsoever. My district probably has more elderly white voters than most, though. In minority districts of Miami-Dade, voters were waiting past 1AM Wednesday. So, obviously the intent was to disenfranchise minorities and other classes that vote mostly Dem. Guarding the right to vote is the whole purpose of the VRA, obviously its still needed.

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