VWI?
Coffee, over at Excape@it'sFinest, had an interesting thought regarding voter turnout on election day and state liquor laws. While I must profess ignorance on federal law and other state's take on this issue, here in Indiana it is illegal to sell alcohol in any manner or form while the polls are open.Coff suggested that if this law was repealed, the local Republicans would be less likely to vote. My thoughts on this? I knew you were dying to know. . .;)
Conservatives tend to be the "plan ahead", "cover yer ass","self-sufficient" type of voters. I'm guessing they're pretty well stocked on the beverages of their choice; and can country clubs still serve alcohol privately during polling hours? I really don't know. I'm guessing the "power players" might have a way around this if it IS illegal.
Despite the fact that the great majority of Democrats are working-class people and more inclined to drop by the local tavern for a beer or two on the way home, I doubt that a beer or two would sway their political views. Nay, it would probably only strengthen them. Therefore, I suggest that eliminating the alcohol ban during polling hours would actually increase the Democratic vote, as long as there can be a buddy system in place. It CAN be difficult to vote when you've had a few rounds. And, with the Diebold technology in place, most voters already feel like they're guilty of VWI (Voting While Intoxicated).
So, in short, I agree with Coff.
posted by John Good @ 10:09 PM
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Well. . .farmers do trend conservative,and the ones old enough to have experienced the great depression and the saving graces of liberal government programs began dying around the last time that Indiana went blue (in the 1960's).
The urban/rural voting difference was strongly pronounced and reported on in 2004. Urban areas trend Dem, and rural trend Rep. Indiana is mostly rural, so. . .unless you hit on an issue that's big with rural folks, they'll tend to vote Rep because it feels safe/secure/always have/etc. Sometimes that bites them in the ass. Sometimes, as noted in another message, they get sold a bill of goods that sounds nice, but turns out to be totally different from what they were promised.
And alot of the old blue-collar jobs have disappeared around here. Unions no longer hold the same clout that they once did. People are learning the grass-roots movement principles here again. Will it be enough? I don't know, but it's what we have to work with. . .
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