I can’t believe I woke up this morning, drove ten minutes, and showed my voter’s identification just to fill out one line on a ballot. There’s even only 2 choices – the Green party didn’t bother with it, like more than half of the voters, I’m sure.
Not to mention all the paper used in the never ending campaign fliers and door hangers. Somehow, they even snuck one on the door in the twenty minutes I was gone to vote (and get donuts.)
From a big picture standpoint, this election is kinda interesting as foreshadowing to the fall ones. Even with the demographic changes, it’s should be quite leaning Republican. If the Milk Man goes down to the Mad Scientist, it’s a big status quo change.
But as far as representation for this district in the House, it seems like a waste of time. Run an election in March, get set up in DC by April, get back on the campaign trail in May. There’s an automatic rematch coming up in November, and it’s not like representatives in normal situations get a lot done during this stretch. This just seems like a gigantic waste of time, only going on so someone can have “incumbent” written next to their name when it counts for real.