Signs at Polling Places

I don’t know which Democrat will win the 7th district primary tomorrow to run against Rep.Mackenzie in November, but I do know who I will vote for in November.  The Democrat.  I am a political animal, and there is no way I would vote for a Republican Congressman who would in turn help to elect Mike Johnson the House Speaker.  I vote for the party, not the candidate.  Anyone who has half a brain understands the difference between a Trump-supporting Republican House and a Democratic opposition House.  Doesn’t matter about the individual personalities.

Nonetheless, this is a low-information, low turnout election.  We have voters going to the polls tomorrow who don’t know the candidates, don’t know the issues.  So we put out signs with the names of candidates we support.  I do this every election.  I am aware that it probably won’t affect more than one in a hundred votes, but elections in a polarized America are now often won by one or two percentage points.

We covered 17 polling places in the Palmerton and Lehighton area.  We put out signs for Ryan Crosswell, and we asked people to write in Christian Bartulovich for the state house.  Our current state rep, Doyle Heffley, is trying to get Democrats to write his name in so in November we can have a Russian-style election with Doyle Heffley running in both parties.  

Democrats are asking people to write in Bartulovich to prevent that.  Bartulovich has quite a bit of support; he is dubious about A.I data centers, while Heffley is a data center cheerleader.  A successful write-in campaign is a rarity in politics, but I don’t mind tilting at a windmill or two.  

I’ll let you know what happens, although I am sure the write-ins won’t be counted for a number of days.