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Report from the ground in Raleigh, NC area (Original Post) SheltieLover 22 hrs ago OP
That red hat is a dead giveaway... Dennis Donovan 22 hrs ago #1
But just ONE. SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #2
It's so maddening they ruined red baseball caps ToxMarz 19 hrs ago #13
Glad My Cap Is Blue... GB_RN 19 hrs ago #14
Anecdotal but interesting JohnSJ 21 hrs ago #3
Well bdamomma 21 hrs ago #4
Great! senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #5
In NC one can early vote anywhere within one's county dsc 21 hrs ago #6
Thanks for the report XanaDUer2 21 hrs ago #7
I don't know the laws in North Carolina, Mr.Bill 20 hrs ago #8
he would have had to remove it barbtries 20 hrs ago #10
That's The Way It Is Here In NC. GB_RN 19 hrs ago #15
It's not allowed. Nothing that shows anything political at all. mucholderthandirt 3 hrs ago #21
it's like common wisdom barbtries 20 hrs ago #9
Leesville... GB_RN 19 hrs ago #16
my son too! barbtries 18 hrs ago #19
nice BlueWaveNeverEnd 20 hrs ago #11
Was it a plain red hat or an actual MAGA one? ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #12
Excellent points, ShazzieB! ... littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #20
I'm thinking some MAGATs didn't get the memo that Early Voting and Mail In Ballots are okay. iluvtennis 19 hrs ago #17
I didn't know there were red areas of Raleigh. 😂 russiamommy 19 hrs ago #18

ToxMarz

(2,227 posts)
13. It's so maddening they ruined red baseball caps
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:20 PM
19 hrs ago

I've been wearing a red baseball cap since I was old enough to wear one. Still do, but it's a St Louis Cardinals cap. And it's nice fitted cap not a cheesy one size fits all Chinese cheap peice of crap. Fuck em!

dsc

(52,550 posts)
6. In NC one can early vote anywhere within one's county
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:35 PM
21 hrs ago

so even as that place was in a red area it wouldn't necessarily have only red voters. But still a good report.

Mr.Bill

(24,694 posts)
8. I don't know the laws in North Carolina,
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:50 PM
20 hrs ago

but if that man's red hat had a Trump slogan, it would be illegal to be wearing it within 50 feet of any polling place in California.

GB_RN

(3,066 posts)
15. That's The Way It Is Here In NC.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:40 PM
19 hrs ago

No electioneering within so many feet of the building and no candidate/political slogan clothing allowed inside, either. I’ve seen people who were told they’d have to remove said items, or leave.

mucholderthandirt

(1,027 posts)
21. It's not allowed. Nothing that shows anything political at all.
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:40 PM
3 hrs ago

There's a cut off point where people can even approach you with political materials. It's been like this for years and years now.

Where we normally vote, there used to be tents set up with people wanting to talk to everyone about who to vote for, but there hasn't been anything like that for the last six elections or so. Too close to be able to set up, it's at a school with very little land near enough to make it even viable.

barbtries

(29,622 posts)
9. it's like common wisdom
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:10 PM
20 hrs ago

continues to be that republicans will vote for TCFSF because he's a republican. The Lincoln Project, The Bulwark, Republican Voters Against Trump, are all made up of republicans or former republicans. 40 out of 44 of his former staffers or cabinet members.

my guess, and i lived in North Raleigh (Lake Lynn) for 8 1/2 years, is that many republicans in that area are voting for the sane one this election. I hope like hell I am right.

In 2008 I registered voters at Strickland and Leesville. 3 republicans and 2 Democrats! I was volunteering for the Obama campaign lol

ShazzieB

(18,371 posts)
12. Was it a plain red hat or an actual MAGA one?
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:20 PM
19 hrs ago

I'm just curious, because a MAGA hat, or any hat or item of clothing with a political slogan or the name of a candidate would not be allowed in a polling place in my state (Illinois). That is considered electioneering, and electioneering in any form is forbidden by law within 100 feet of a polling place. However, I know each state has its own laws about this kind of stuff, and I'm curious about how it works in other states.

littlemissmartypants

(24,835 posts)
20. Excellent points, ShazzieB! ...
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 03:29 AM
12 hrs ago

It may be that the absence/reduced presence of red hats is a result of folks just choosing not to wear them.

They might have to remove the hats and hide them somewhere before being allowed in the voting area because, as you pointed out, it could be electioneering.

Not seeing red hats wouldn't necessarily mean anything about the voter's political affiliation or their possible choices.

It simply means that they aren't wearing red hats.

Just like the absence of heat doesn't necessarily mean that it's cold. Or if you're naked that you don't have any clothes.

It's when the hats are worn that we might make generalized assumptions about the wearers.

❤️

iluvtennis

(20,677 posts)
17. I'm thinking some MAGATs didn't get the memo that Early Voting and Mail In Ballots are okay.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:52 PM
19 hrs ago

Recall TSF changed him message on this multiple times. I suspect the MAGATs will be waiting to vote on Nov 5ht.

russiamommy

(253 posts)
18. I didn't know there were red areas of Raleigh. 😂
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:54 PM
19 hrs ago

I’m in Wilmington. Purple city surrounded by very red areas. I voted on Sunday. It was hard to tell affiliations except that the R’s were passing out white sample ballots and the D’s sample ballots were blue. I saw far more people holding white ballots than blue. 😢

Working the campaign I’ve seen a lot of enthusiasm with tons of volunteers. Our ground game is definitely better than theirs. I’m hopeful, but anxious. This is going to be a nail biter here in NC.

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