On The Campaign Trail

Apologies for the lack of posts these last couple of days. I'm currently in South-East Wisconsin on the campaign trail. It's the primary elections today, which promise to yield very interesting results. There's lots of unsure feelings about what's going to happen, in what everyone seems to be calling a 'strange and unusual' election year. A number of Democrats are facing strong challenges from within their party; some only to have to win today, as they are uncontested by Republicans. Others have a fight today and then another fight in November. Money, time and patience are all running low. Anti-Obama, anti-government spending, and anti-incumbent feelings are strong; so much so that some people are proclaiming to only vote for new candidates, regardless of their party affiliation. Morale about politics has never been so low.  Some Democrats have been forced to distance themselves from their own party, acting independently, in order to have a shot at re-election.

Voter turnout is expected at 28% in this state, which considering this is only an election to decide who will run in the election, is predicted to be the highest turnout since 1964. Only time will tell. If you're in the US, make sure you get out the vote.

I'm off to meet a guy who will hopefully become the next governor of Wisconsin. And then if all goes well, there will be a fun election party this evening. More to come on these last couple of days when I return to Madison.