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Title: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 05, 2012, 08:30:41 am
For what it's worth.

Indiana Romney.

North Carolina  Romney.

Florida   Romney.

Ohio  Romney.

Virginia   Romney.

Colorado   Romney.

Iowa   Romney.

Minnesota   Obama.

New Hampshire   Romney.

Pennsylvania   Romney.

Nevada   Obama.

Wisconsin   Romney.

Oregon  Obama.

New Mexico Obama.

Michigan  Obama.

Romney 300+ EVs.  I think the cut will look something like this.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8157786549_b882567cd0.jpg)

Democrat voter motivation is very low, and motivation among Republicans and Independents is very high. 

Tonight is going to be a nail-biter.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Hoss on November 05, 2012, 08:31:51 am
I want some of what you're smokin' dude...

Oh, the election is tomorrow...Wednesday if you're a Republican...

 ;D


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Conan71 on November 05, 2012, 08:40:50 am
You can be sure if Obama loses it will be due to voter fraud which is nonexistent.  It will be funny watching the media circle jerk.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 05, 2012, 08:44:28 am
You can be sure if Obama loses it will be due to voter fraud which is nonexistent.  It will be funny watching the media circle jerk.

I think there will definitely be some excellent blamestorming, but I doubt it will be received very well.  I think we as a nation have become rather weary of the president's blame games.

Good article.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83301.html#ixzz2BMMJkpwg


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: carltonplace on November 05, 2012, 08:52:34 am
And if you're correct that Mr Romney will be the new president we will soon grow tired of his constant lies. I thought Christians believed in the truth.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 05, 2012, 08:55:15 am
I thought Christians believed in the truth.

Faith, it's different than truth.

You probably never hear something like "That's why they call it a truth."

Anyway, remember Gaspar's talent for seeing the future.  It doesn't exist.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Conan71 on November 05, 2012, 09:15:51 am
And if you're correct that Mr Romney will be the new president we will soon grow tired of his constant lies. I thought Christians believed in the truth.

Did I ever say I was a Christian?  ;D


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: carltonplace on November 05, 2012, 09:27:37 am
Morman = Christian


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: swake on November 05, 2012, 09:38:57 am
Virginia: - 13
Last four polls, three for Obama and one (Rasmussen) for Romney
I predict an Obama win
Ohio: - 18
Last six polls five favor Obama and the other is a tie
Win for Obama
 New Hampshire - 4
Last six polls five favor Obama and the other is a tie
Win for Obama
Wisconsin - 10
Last five polls four favor Obama and the other (Rasmussen again) is a tie
Win for Obama
 Iowa - 6
Last six polls five favor Obama and the other (Rasmussen!!) has Romney
Win for Obama
 Nevada - 6
Last six polls all favor Obama
Win for Obama
Colorado - 9
Last five polls three favor Obama and two for Romney (one being Rasmussen), Obama’s numbers are better
Narrow win for Obama

North Carolina - 15
Last five polls three favor Romney and two are a tie
Win for Romney
Florida: - 29
Last four polls, two for each. Romney has bigger numbers in the polls he is favored in.
I predict a narrow win for Romney


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 05, 2012, 10:54:29 am
Looks like the early voting in CO is going for Romney by about a 2% margin.
http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/COSOS/2012/11/05/file_attachments/173362/Gen%2BTurnout%2B11%2B05%2B2012.pdf


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: dioscorides on November 05, 2012, 11:04:13 am
I am sticking with my Obama 303 Romney 235 prediction:

Indiana - Romney
North Carolina - Romney
Florida - Romney
Ohio - Obama
Virginia - Obama
Colorado - Obama
Iowa - Obama
Minnesota - Obama
New Hampshire - Obama.
Pennsylvania - Obama
Nevada - Obama
Wisconsin - Obama
Oregon - Obama
New Mexico - Obama
Michigan - Obama


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: swake on November 05, 2012, 11:42:02 am
Looks like the early voting in CO is going for Romney by about a 2% margin.
http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/COSOS/2012/11/05/file_attachments/173362/Gen%2BTurnout%2B11%2B05%2B2012.pdf

Where do you see that in your PDF?


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Oil Capital on November 05, 2012, 11:53:14 am
Where do you see that in your PDF?

In the Grand Total row.  You have to do a little math, but it's there.

Total Vote:    1,707,805
Total Dem. vote:  590,417   34.6% of total
Total Republ. vote:  624,788  36.6% of total


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: TylerBGoode on November 05, 2012, 11:53:24 am
Morman = Christian

Since when?


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: swake on November 05, 2012, 11:54:57 am
In the Grand Total row.  You have to do a little math, but it's there.

There have been no votes counted.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Oil Capital on November 05, 2012, 11:57:07 am
There have been no votes counted.

We know.  And you can surely understand what the poster meant.  


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: swake on November 05, 2012, 12:14:40 pm
We know.  And you can surely understand what the poster meant.  

It's meaningless. Democrats are leading in early voting in Florida, Iowa, Nevada and even North Carolina. If Obama wins Florida and just one of any of the other tossup states the election is over. If Romney loses Florida he has to win all seven other swing states.

Even if Romney wins in Florida he then has to win either Ohio or pick up 4 of the six other remaining swing states, all of which he is behind in now in the polls. And I am not counting North Carolina as a swing state, if he were to lose that this could get really ugly.

If, and this is a huge if, if Romney wins both Ohio and Florida he still will need 2-3 other swing states.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 05, 2012, 12:48:04 pm
Current Pittsburg early voting totals showing a 5% lead to Republicans.
http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: carltonplace on November 05, 2012, 01:02:45 pm
Since when?

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

They believe in and follow Jesus Christ (they particularly like his North American exploits).

Christian derives from Christ

Mormans align themselves as Christian. 


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: carltonplace on November 05, 2012, 01:06:03 pm
The best prospect about a President Romney is that since he changes his views so often he will eventually agree with me.  Then you. And then you. And so on. Thus.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Oil Capital on November 05, 2012, 01:14:49 pm
Current Pittsburg early voting totals showing a 5% lead to Republicans.
http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html

Apparently you missed the memo.  Statistics favoring Romney are meaningless.  ;-)


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 05, 2012, 01:17:22 pm
Apparently you missed the memo.  Statistics favoring Romney are meaningless.  ;-)

It'll be best for everyone if, by this time Wednesday, Romney is meaningless.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 05, 2012, 01:20:24 pm
Apparently you missed the memo.  Statistics favoring Romney are meaningless.  ;-)

Well of course, but what I'm interested in at this point is participation.  It looks like independent participation and republican participation are at record levels, and Dem participation is very low in comparison to previous elections.  Uninspired voters are going to have a big impact on this election.  I've already had several of my out of state Dem friends publicly state that they feel voting would be a waste of their time.   Very different from their sentiments in 2008.



Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: nathanm on November 05, 2012, 02:40:09 pm
Interestingly, in North Carolina and Florida Democratic and Independent early voting turnout is up a little from 08, while Republican turnout is basically flat. That does not bode well for the polling being correct. Although I think Romney will still win NC I think it may end up being closer than expected. Florida will be a nail biter.

I'm basically seeing the same election as swake, so I won't go down the list.

Edited to add: Gassy, which state again is it on the early voting site that shows a significantly lower Democratic-affiliated vote share in early voting compared to 2008? I see none? What are you basing your statement on if not the actual turnout numbers?

Also, a little note. In 2004, I was convinced undecideds would break for the challenger. I was wrong. Don't hang your hat on it lest you be disappointed like I was. ;)


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Oil Capital on November 05, 2012, 03:24:33 pm
Interestingly, in North Carolina and Florida Democratic and Independent early voting turnout is up a little from 08, while Republican turnout is basically flat. That does not bode well for the polling being correct. Although I think Romney will still win NC I think it may end up being closer than expected. Florida will be a nail biter.



Not sure where you came up with those Florida and NC numbers.  Here are the 2008 and 2012 early vote numbers from the United Election Project:

Florida:
Democrats  1,996,265 in 2008.  Dropped to 1,917,370 in 2012
Republicans  1,632,910 in 2008.  Increased to 1,747,573 in 2012.

North Carolina:
Democrats  1,348,653 in 2008.  Dropped to 1,306,466 in 2012
Republicans   792,399 in 2008.  Increased to 860,022 in 2012.

 Washington Post says today that "In basically every state where we have good data available, Democrats performed worse than they did in 2008 but better than they did in 2010. And if you extrapolate the shift to the entire statewide vote, we’ve got a very close race in store."

Particularly, for North Carolina, the Post shows Dem/Repub early vote split going from 51/30 in 2008 to 48/31 in 2012.  For Florida, it goes from 46/37 in 2008 to 43/39 in 2012.

Also:

Colorado:  38/36 in favor of Dems in 2008 to 37/35 in favor of Repubs in 2012
Iowa:       47/29 in 2008 to 42/32 in 2012
Penn:       44/45 in 2008 to 42/47 in 2012

As the Post put it, in every state, the Dems polled worse than in 2008.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/05/final-early-vote-numbers-suggest-a-very-close-race/ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/05/final-early-vote-numbers-suggest-a-very-close-race/)


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: nathanm on November 05, 2012, 04:00:31 pm
According to the United States Election Project, in North Carolina, Democrat, Republican and Independent turnout are all down from 08 (the Dems down slightly less than the Republicans and independents).

Huh? The North Carolina early vote percentages are:

2012: Dem 47.7% Rep 31.4% None/Other 20.9%
2008: Dem 47.4% Rep 31.6% None/Other 21%

Early vote totals are about 50,000 short of '08 (or 1.7%), though.

Florida early voting appears to have increased slightly from '08 and leans slightly more towards Democrats this year. That said, I still think Florida and NC will likely go Romney thanks to a higher crossover vote in Romney's favor. (according to opinion polls, anyway) I'm sticking with 290 on the belief that Obama will pull out wins in NV, CO, IA, OH, and NH. CO, VA, and FL are all too close to call. Hispanics in CO lean Obama enough that I think he'll win there despite the very close race. I don't think the same will hold true in Florida. Polls have consistently showed Obama's support among Hispanics below 60% in FL.

Overall, I find little to quibble with in that blog post except that the race isn't close if it's not close in Ohio, where polling clearly shows Obama up 3 and has for weeks. If Obama wins the usual suspects plus Ohio and Nevada, he's at 271 without any of Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, or Florida. To win, Romney must win at least one state where he's down by 3 or more. That doesn't strike me as a close race. I think the popular vote will be more competitive, but we don't elect Presidents based on popular vote (yet).


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Oil Capital on November 05, 2012, 04:53:27 pm
Huh? The North Carolina early vote percentages are:

2012: Dem 47.7% Rep 31.4% None/Other 20.9%
2008: Dem 47.4% Rep 31.6% None/Other 21%

Early vote totals are about 50,000 short of '08 (or 1.7%), though.

Florida early voting appears to have increased slightly from '08 and leans slightly more towards Democrats this year. That said, I still think Florida and NC will likely go Romney thanks to a higher crossover vote in Romney's favor. (according to opinion polls, anyway) I'm sticking with 290 on the belief that Obama will pull out wins in NV, CO, IA, OH, and NH. CO, VA, and FL are all too close to call. Hispanics in CO lean Obama enough that I think he'll win there despite the very close race. I don't think the same will hold true in Florida. Polls have consistently showed Obama's support among Hispanics below 60% in FL.

Overall, I find little to quibble with in that blog post except that the race isn't close if it's not close in Ohio, where polling clearly shows Obama up 3 and has for weeks. If Obama wins the usual suspects plus Ohio and Nevada, he's at 271 without any of Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, or Florida. To win, Romney must win at least one state where he's down by 3 or more. That doesn't strike me as a close race. I think the popular vote will be more competitive, but we don't elect Presidents based on popular vote (yet).


  You are reading the USEP information incorrectly.  You have to pull up a separate chart to get the 2008 numbers. (the numbers you quoted as 2008 early turnout are actually just the percentages of the requested absentee/early ballots).

For North Carolina, you correctly state the 2012 percentages.  But the 2008 percentages were:

Dem:  51.4% (compared to 47.7% this year)
Repub: 30.2% (compared to 31.4% this year)
None:  18.5% (compared to 20.9% this year)

Please see my amended post above for more detailed information about the 2012 early voter turnout.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: nathanm on November 05, 2012, 05:57:54 pm
Ah, I see now. :D

Glad I've been sticking with 290. ;)


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Oil Capital on November 05, 2012, 06:28:09 pm
Ah, I see now. :D

Glad I've been sticking with 290. ;)

;-)  You may want to recount your electoral vote projection.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: TulsaRufnex on November 05, 2012, 06:50:38 pm
You can be sure if Obama loses it will be due to voter fraud which is nonexistent.  It will be funny watching the media circle jerk.

Voter suppression is different from voter fraud... and I guess anyone who covers it suffers from "liberal" bias... go figure.
Having to wait hours to get to vote is distinctly un-American.

Christine Todd Whitman: Florida Voting Fiasco 'Inexcusable,' Similar To 'Third-World Country'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/christine-todd-whitman_n_2076800.html

O - 294   R - 244


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: nathanm on November 05, 2012, 07:01:38 pm
;-)  You may want to recount your electoral vote projection.

No thanks, Obama's up by 3 in Ohio and Nevada, and up by 2 in New Hampshire and Iowa, all of which have had little or no polling showing Romney in the lead. Furthermore, it seems unlikely that Romney will sweep all of Colorado, Virginia, Florida, and North Carolina. Even if he does, Obama will already be at 281.  ;D

If forced to predict the remaining states, I'd say Colorado and Virginia go Obama and North Carolina and Florida go Romney, although Romney and Obama are tied in the last week of polling in Florida. Romney has held an appreciable lead in Florida at times this year, but not in Colorado. I stay with 290 to avoid disappointment even though my gut says 303 for Obama. ;)


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 06, 2012, 08:21:33 am
Today's NY Post cover:
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2012/11/06/media/nypostcover_110612.pdf


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 06, 2012, 08:38:51 am
As expected!

Early & Absentee count from Ohio so far.  Strong shift to Romney.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121106/NEWS010601/311060015/?nclick_check=1



Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Conan71 on November 06, 2012, 09:03:31 am
As expected!

Early & Absentee count from Ohio so far.  Strong shift to Romney.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121106/NEWS010601/311060015/?nclick_check=1



Obvious signs of voter suppression.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 06, 2012, 09:14:05 am
Drudge is having a come-apart about the Panthers again.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 06, 2012, 09:30:57 am
Nate Silver Says Obama Has a 91.6 Percent Chance of Winning the Election

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/11/06/nate_silver_nyt_polling_expert_gives_obama_a_big_edge_on_election_day.html (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/11/06/nate_silver_nyt_polling_expert_gives_obama_a_big_edge_on_election_day.html)

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Today is Nov. 6, which means it's Election Day. It also means that Nate Silver's much-debated "forecast" and "now-cast" are now one and the same. Here are the latest (and we assume final) projections from the New York Times' polling blogger and psephologist, whose ongoing forecast has become one of the leading secondary storylines this campaign season as much of Washington's chattering class refused to believe this race is/was anything but a toss-up.

Electoral vote: President Obama 314.6, Mitt Romney 223.4. That's a 15.6-vote swing since Oct. 20, and the president's largest advantage in Silver's forecast since Sept. 10, when Obama was projected to win 314.9 electoral votes to Romney's 223.1

Popular vote: Obama 50.9 percent, Romney 48.3 percent. That's a half-point gain for Obama (and a 0.2 drop for Romney) in the past week. Obama's never trailed in Silver's forecasted popular vote, but hasn't topped the 51.6 percent mark since the forecast began early this summer.

Chances of winning: Obama 91.6 percent, Romney 8.4 percent. The final forecast gives the president his best chance of winning that he's had all season in Silvers' Nov. 6 forecast. Previously, Obama's best odds had topped out at 87.1 percent on Oct. 4. Silver's now-cast, meanwhile—which is supposed to provide a snapshot of where the president stands on a particular day (and not where it would likely stand on Election Day)—gave Obama a 98.1 percent chance of winning back on Sept. 30.

It's worth noting that as Silver's critics became louder during the campaign's final days, his projections did not hedge toward the center, something that (intentionally or not) would have given him more cover if Romney ends up winning the election. Instead, over the past seven days Silver's forecast for Obama's chances of victory increased by 14.2 percent (his now-cast likewise climbed by 12.1 percent).

Silver's confidence in an Obama victory stems heavily from the president's prospects in Ohio, a battleground state that Romney likely needs to win to have any chance at pulling off the upset. Silver's latest calculations give the president a 91.4 percent chance of taking the Buckeye State.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 06, 2012, 09:39:46 am
Intrade:

(http://images.scribblelive.com/2012/11/6/846f9179-dcc7-4ccb-8e1f-410a01df1cfe_800.png)

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Intrade, the popular online gambling website, predicts that President Obama will win re-election. As of 8 a.m. EST Tuesday, this map reflects predictions based on "the last trade prices for each market,"


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 06, 2012, 11:29:20 am
The Black Panther Panic Returns!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/11/06/the_black_panther_panic_returns.html (http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/11/06/the_black_panther_panic_returns.html)

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Over the weekend, Will Bunch checked in with the pathetic remnant of clowns who call themselves the "New Black Panther Party." Would they show up again at polling places in Philadelphia? Would they give that free b-roll to Fox News?

Yes, they would.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-7rkSmdDIIU[/youtube]

The Panthers are so stupid that they deployed to the same site they hit in 2008: The 4th district of Philadelphia's 14th ward. Very few of the people who hyperventilate about this story have been to the polling place and check out its vote. I have. The precinct, located in a retirement home, gave 596 votes to Barack Obama in 2008. It gave 13 votes to John McCain. Four years earlier, it had given 24 votes to George W. Bush. It's a heavily black, Democratic area, which is why -- four years after the first Fox freakout -- no one has ever emerged to say he or she wanted to vote but was suppressed by the Panthers. And hell, in 2008, the Panthers had nightsticks. There's one guy now, armed with nothing.
Let's be serious about this. One month ago, a court struck down part of Pennsylvania's voter ID law. Voters in the state do not have to show ID, though poll workers may ask for it. Since then, the state has continued to run ads that tell voters to come to polls with ID -- "SHOW IT" in large print, "if you have it in small print." It's likely that legitimate voters who lack multiple forms of ID have seen this, and assumed it'll be tougher to vote today.

But it's boring to talk about a bogus campaign to complicate the vote in the entire state. It's exciting to show a scary-looking black dude on TV, and imply to the Fox News viewer that another scary trooper -- maybe a UN worker! -- is laying in wait at his polling place.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: DolfanBob on November 06, 2012, 11:54:22 am
That's about the equivalent of KKK members opening doors for people at a polling place in Montgomery. Alabama.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 06, 2012, 12:23:42 pm
I miss the Old Black Panthers.  They were just better, like original Coke.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Teatownclown on November 06, 2012, 01:14:59 pm
You do realize starting tomorrow the Panthers will be posted all over the country opening doors for white women.

Think of it this way, you now have something to obsess about for the next 4 years....


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: nathanm on November 06, 2012, 01:34:49 pm
As expected!

Early & Absentee count from Ohio so far.  Strong shift to Romney.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121106/NEWS010601/311060015/?nclick_check=1

Removed?

According to USEP (http://"http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html"), early voting turnout was up in the usual Democratic counties.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Hoss on November 06, 2012, 01:35:49 pm
Removed?

According to USEP (http://"http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html"), early voting turnout was up in the usual Democratic counties.

ROFL.  Why isn't that surprising...


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Townsend on November 06, 2012, 01:41:41 pm
ROFL.  Why isn't that surprising...

As expected.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Gaspar on November 06, 2012, 01:49:28 pm
Debbie Wasserman Schultz said today that if President Obama is not re-elected she is going back on tour with Twisted Sister.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: erfalf on November 06, 2012, 01:55:02 pm
Debbie Wasserman Schultz said today that if President Obama is not re-elected she is going back on tour with Twisted Sister.

I knew it.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Teatownclown on November 06, 2012, 01:58:07 pm
Here's a link to an auto-updating battle ground states chart:

http://www.intrade.com/v4/misc/key-races/states/

It is possible that Mitt could win the lottery today, because after all there is a winner every day.  It just isn't very likely.

Math is not hard!


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: Conan71 on November 06, 2012, 02:49:37 pm
Let's see what happens after the Democrats take their turn at the polls tomorrow.


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: carltonplace on November 06, 2012, 03:11:37 pm
Let's see what happens after the Democrats take their turn at the polls tomorrow.

always funny


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: erfalf on November 06, 2012, 04:05:49 pm
always funny

no joke

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/12525-pinellas-voters-get-robocall-from-elections-boss-saying-they-have/1260163


Title: Re: Your Swing-State Predictions
Post by: nathanm on November 06, 2012, 04:07:15 pm
I guess Flake didn't think he could win fair and square despite the lead he holds in the polling:

http://gawker.com/5958045/robocalls-from-gop-congressman-send-democratic-voters-to-polling-places-miles-away-from-their-precinct