(#6444) 41 days until the results of our voting start coming in...

      Illinois begins their early voting today. Being the 6th most populated state in the US with about 12.7 million people a huge swath of our electorate will begin filling out and delivering their ballots. As Illinois is a heavy democratic voting state the interest in the early vote counts will be keen by me and others. With Virginia, a majority democratic voting state with about an 8.9 million population, the early vote count there is as well interesting to see. Most states tabulate how many early ballots go out and how many are returned back in. We won't know how anyone voted but we can discern the intensity of the early vote through participation.
     Several smaller states will begin their early voting in the next 10 days but on the 11th day from now California will begin it's early voting. California has an almost 40 million population with about 27 million eligible to vote. So far there are more than 23 million registered voters in California. Just an inkling into my brain, I expect about 70% of California voters to vote democratic. That may seem lofty but given the mess trump has caused and with about 75% of California's eligible voters not being republicans you can see why I may think democrats will triumph by such a high percentage. I sense the turnout this time is going to be amazing because of the threat to the vote the republicans represent.
     Ohio, the 7th most populace state with about 11.9 people, will begin their early voting the same day as California and normally I wouldn't think of them as being too interesting to pay attention to but not this time around. Ohio is showing itself as an almost swing state and that gives me hope that they too will surprise us with some hoped for democratic victories. I received my voter information guide for California yesterday and will give it a good look through for more information. We are in the midst of our midterm election and I couldn't be happier that it isn't tainted with trump illegal rules and demands. I still worry about postal service delivery but here in California it may be less a worry than in some other parts of the states. Make sure your ballot gets to the elections office no matter what the level of the worry though!