At the Weissport Redneck Festival

I’ve been staffing the Lehighton Area Democratic Club’s booth at the Redneck Festival with help from my cousin Carol and other volunteers.  To attract people to our booth, we are conducting a straw poll with a pre-printed ballot listing all of the Democratic presidential candidates (5) and the Republican candidates (16).

From experience we knew that this is not a good venue for Democrats.  Any event that proudly hangs up large Confederate battle flags is not a good venue for Democrats.  We asked people to indicate their party, and most of the people who participated were indeed Republicans.  And most of them immediately checked off Donald Trump’s name.

We have one more day of the Festival, and we will count up the choices tomorrow evening about 8 p.m.  I am certain the results will show that Trump is the overwhelming favorite.  And why?  Over and over people didn’t mention the immigration issue or any other issue.  What they said was, “He’s his own man,” or “He’s not in anybody’s pocket, or “He says what he thinks.”