The 2022 Mid-Term Election

What a guy!  This says it all!

It’s 48 hours before the polls in Honolulu, Hawaii close for the 2022 mid-term election (this was true when I began to write this post, it’s Election Eve as I put it to sleep, the polls are still open all over).  All we know so far is that we don’t know much.  The polls are predicting a Republican House of Representatives and a Senate that could go either way, Republicans favored by a slim margin.

But we do know some things.  One, after the polls close and the networks begin to show real-time results, Republicans nationwide will be in the lead, because day-of votes are counted first, and Republican voters prefer day-of voting.  Two, Republicans will be calling for an early end to vote counting, as many more Democrats vote early than Republicans.  Trump called for this in 2016, he called for it in 2020, and his minions will have learned his lesson: when you are ahead, declare victory and call for the early end of counting votes.  Indeed, Republicans have already filed suits against counting early voting ballots in some battleground states.