Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 16:08     Subject: Elrich Now in the Lead

Anonymous wrote:The only reason I didn't vote for Blair is that he blasted the internet airwaves full of ads I saw nonstop for a month. That is not cheap advertising and I became suspicious of why he was trying to buy a local election.


You can remain suspicious while you hope and pray you aren’t a victim of a crime or need the police.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 16:07     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.

I’m sorry but at this stage if you don’t understand the basic dynamics of Montgomery County politics I don’t have a couple hours to explain it to you. The short answer is below.

Elrich: all old people, Black people, old TPSS liberals, public sector unions (except police)
Riemer: online progressive yuppies
Blair: business, normal workaday people who don’t think about politics daily


NP. I disagree with you about Blair. While I may be a “normal workaday” person, I am also deeply concerned about local politics. That’s actually why I support Blair. He seems to be the best balance for the council.


I know of plenty of “normal workaday people” who voted for Elrich and they are fine with him and appreciate how he handled the pandemic. They pay attention to local politics at a surface level, aren’t into the granular issues of zoning and all that, but they were turned off by all the negative ads so they stuck with Elrich.


I’m fine with how he handled the pandemic, but there are other issues he hasn’t handled well at all. I see a direct link between the county’s increased crime and his treatment of our police department. I’m all for reform, but reforming shouldn’t mean reducing our force (either directly by cutting units or indirectly by causing plummeting morale).
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 16:04     Subject: Elrich Now in the Lead

Anonymous wrote:The only reason I didn't vote for Blair is that he blasted the internet airwaves full of ads I saw nonstop for a month. That is not cheap advertising and I became suspicious of why he was trying to buy a local election.


That shows your stupidity.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 16:00     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery is going to decline even more if Elrich gets elected again. Congratulations, dummies.


This!
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:58     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.

I’m sorry but at this stage if you don’t understand the basic dynamics of Montgomery County politics I don’t have a couple hours to explain it to you. The short answer is below.

Elrich: all old people, Black people, old TPSS liberals, public sector unions (except police)
Riemer: online progressive yuppies
Blair: business, normal workaday people who don’t think about politics daily


NP. I disagree with you about Blair. While I may be a “normal workaday” person, I am also deeply concerned about local politics. That’s actually why I support Blair. He seems to be the best balance for the council.


I know of plenty of “normal workaday people” who voted for Elrich and they are fine with him and appreciate how he handled the pandemic. They pay attention to local politics at a surface level, aren’t into the granular issues of zoning and all that, but they were turned off by all the negative ads so they stuck with Elrich.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:56     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.

I’m sorry but at this stage if you don’t understand the basic dynamics of Montgomery County politics I don’t have a couple hours to explain it to you. The short answer is below.

Elrich: all old people, Black people, old TPSS liberals, public sector unions (except police)
Riemer: online progressive yuppies
Blair: business, normal workaday people who don’t think about politics daily


NP. I disagree with you about Blair. While I may be a “normal workaday” person, I am also deeply concerned about local politics. That’s actually why I support Blair. He seems to be the best balance for the council.

Okay, how about: “people who think about the economy without utopian blinders”? I would consider these “normal” people, but maybe that’s my bias showing.


That works!
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:56     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

Montgomery is going to decline even more if Elrich gets elected again. Congratulations, dummies.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:53     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.

I’m sorry but at this stage if you don’t understand the basic dynamics of Montgomery County politics I don’t have a couple hours to explain it to you. The short answer is below.

Elrich: all old people, Black people, old TPSS liberals, public sector unions (except police)
Riemer: online progressive yuppies
Blair: business, normal workaday people who don’t think about politics daily


NP. I disagree with you about Blair. While I may be a “normal workaday” person, I am also deeply concerned about local politics. That’s actually why I support Blair. He seems to be the best balance for the council.

Okay, how about: “people who think about the economy without utopian blinders”? I would consider these “normal” people, but maybe that’s my bias showing.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:41     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.

I’m sorry but at this stage if you don’t understand the basic dynamics of Montgomery County politics I don’t have a couple hours to explain it to you. The short answer is below.

Elrich: all old people, Black people, old TPSS liberals, public sector unions (except police)
Riemer: online progressive yuppies
Blair: business, normal workaday people who don’t think about politics daily


NP. I disagree with you about Blair. While I may be a “normal workaday” person, I am also deeply concerned about local politics. That’s actually why I support Blair. He seems to be the best balance for the council.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:40     Subject: Elrich Now in the Lead

The only reason I didn't vote for Blair is that he blasted the internet airwaves full of ads I saw nonstop for a month. That is not cheap advertising and I became suspicious of why he was trying to buy a local election.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:38     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.

I’m sorry but at this stage if you don’t understand the basic dynamics of Montgomery County politics I don’t have a couple hours to explain it to you. The short answer is below.

Elrich: all old people, Black people, old TPSS liberals, public sector unions (except police)
Riemer: online progressive yuppies
Blair: business, normal workaday people who don’t think about politics daily
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 15:00     Subject: Elrich Now in the Lead

Hugely disappointed. County has declined so much in 4 years. Sad.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 14:56     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


And this is why we don't get nice things. Don't blame the morons running this county. Blame the voters.

Why not blame the large percentage of potential voters who didn’t vote?
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2022 14:50     Subject: Re:Elrich Now in the Lead

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Anonymous wrote:Votes are being counted based on when they were received. I think old people are more likely to get their ballot in the day they received it, while working folks may have taken more time (like me.. I was on a business trip when it arrived).

Well, that's my hope at least... I figure older people more likely to vote for Elrich because of his great Covid lockdowns, including keeping public libraries and playgrounds closed while all surrounding jurisdictions had already reopened them.

Elrich was always expected to do well with the mail-in vote. It is a demographic that generally trends older which favors him. What was unexpected is how well he would do.

It is pretty clear at this stage that Elrich will win. The only question will be the margin of victory.

Hans Riemer should be ashamed of himself.


Not yet, let's give it a few more days. If the trend continues, then yes. But his percentage of votes was lower with yesterday's count than it was from Thursday's.

The idea that Blair is going to make up votes among the remaining mail-in and provisional ballots is far fetched. The mail-in voter population is not representative of the county as a whole.


Elrich made up the difference with the first 2 days of mail-in ballots. It's just as possible for Blair to swing it the other way with the remainder of ballots, which is a larger number than what was already counted.

You are failing to understand the point. The mail-in population favors Elrich. The fact that he made up the difference easily in just two days means that he will probably continue to pull further ahead in the coming days.

It is no “equally possible” that the mail-in vote swings back to Blair because the average mail-in voter is an Elrich voter.


So far, the mail in vote favors Elrich. But only a small portion of it has been counted.


We have no idea if the mail in ballots counted so far are representative of all mail in ballots or if they sleep towards Elrich based on which precincts they counted first. My money has always been on Elrich winning but I haven't totally lost hope that Blair can pull this off.

You are hanging onto false hope and as a result spreading misinformation. The idea that there is a “batch” of mail-in ballots heavily favoring Blair is fanciful.


Not that poster, but nobody here can predict anything. Including you.

You are applying hope versus basic reasoning. The overall population of mail-in vote was always expected to favor Elrich and Elrich is favored by older voters countywide. So if you are hoping that there are geographic pockets of pro-Blair elderly voters, they don’t really exist.

After Election Day, Elrich only needed to have a 2.5% margin the estimated mail-in ballots to make up Blairs advantage. About half of the mail-in vote has already been counted. You do the math on what margin Blair must win in the remaining vote to win.

If you do not believe me then I ask you to consider who would you rather be right now, Elrich or Blair? Not a single person would rather be in Blair’s shoes right now and that’s all that needs to be known.

The election is over.


Why would you assume older voters will favor Elrich? I always knew older voters to be more conservative. The only people who actively support Elrich are older hippies and just in Takoma Park, and younger DSA/Bernie Sanders supporters.
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Post 07/23/2022 14:42     Subject: Elrich Now in the Lead

I know people who voted for Riemer who hate Elrich. In a few months I am going to ask them if they think they made the right choice. It’s all probably a bit too raw right now.