Early Returns
Although the polls are closing as I am writing this blog post. I’ve been going through some interesting data on the early voting in Marion County.
Out of the nearly 23,000 ballots already cast, 33% can be identified as Republican/Republican leaning; 28% Democratic/Democratic leaning and 38% undecided/unidentifiable.
As expected, Republicans did well in the early voting category, with 40% of the ballots identified as Republican. Democrats did better with early voting with 30% of their party showing up in person.
The bigger issue though is where did the rest of the voters go. 33% could not be identified by party in absentee voting and 49% of them couldn’t be identified with early voting.
Now this is not to say every Republican and every Democrat cast straight ticket ballots, but it does help make for an interesting evening.
You can catch me tonight on RTV-6 and simulcast at wxnt.com.
