Well, everybody, we're three weeks out from Election Day. But early voting is already underway in several states. (In Georgia, it starts this Tuesday, which means that Jimmy Carter will at last be able to vote for Kamala Harris for President.)
According to TargetSmart's calculations, more than 1.2 million people have already early voted — 721,037 Democrats (58.3 percent), 361,051 Republicans (29.2 percent), and 155,177 Unaffiliated (12.5 percent). This is what we want to see. If we can bank our votes on Day One, our Democratic campaigns can focus on other, lower-propensity voters and get them to turn out.
Yes, we know — we've said this many times before. But we urge you to check the early voting calendar at the link above, and tell your friends and family to get to the polls as soon as they can.
Personally, we cats are looking forward to Election Day. We're tired of the endless fundraising texts and emails, and sick of the lazy media narratives that are fed by Republican-weighted and even downright sloppy polls. Cable news talking heads drool over those because a close horse race gets them more eyeballs, page views, clicks, and likes. Ugh.
The good news is that the GOP would not be flooding the zone with bogus polls if they thought they were winning. But still and all, we've pretty much had it. Every time someone tries to raise alarms about such-and-such a poll, we just turn off the TV and write a few more postcards to voters in key states. It's the only way to stay sane.
Just remember, though, that Election Day isn't going to be the end, or even close to the end. The forces behind Trumpism aren't going to go away with a defeat — in fact, they'll be even more riled up. We're probably going to have to work to save America for the rest of our nine lives. But that's okay — the country is worth it. We cats PURR.
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