An old friend of mine checks in from Massachusetts, TPM Reader JF:
Arrived at my polling station before it opened. 32, grey skies, and light snow falling. Not great weather. Only three people in line. My precinct is a diverse mix of upper to lower class residents – post gentrification yuppies, gays, and working class residents from the local public housing. The voting station is in the lobby of public housing. All the voters I saw in my 15 minutes at the station were white men and woman from the more affluent class of the neighborhood – lots of iPods headphones. A big contrast to the presidential election and even the Senate primary election. Doesn’t look great.
However, readers report lines in some precincts. TPM Reader GP:
Let me tell you I was shocked by turnout this morning. I went to traditionally low-turnout Boston Ward 5, Precinct 1 (Upscale South End, gay Bay Village & Chinatown) at 7 on my morning dog walk and had to skip the vote cause the line was so long. Came back after 8:30 and still a steady stream. Now, it could be our neighborhood’s closeted GOP’ers coming out in victory, but this is a traditionally very liberal neighborhood. I’ll walk by the precinct at lunch and see if the mayor is committing his army of elderly Chinese voters to Coakley.
