Early voting is surging in Central Indiana.
If early voting is an accurate barometer of interest in an election, then voters in Central Indiana are historically hyped for this year’s midterm Nov. 6.
Residents in Hamilton County are casting ballots at a rate 10 times higher than four years ago and almost as high as in the 2016 presidential election. Similarly, Marion and Johnson counties are on pace for early voting totals far higher than in 2014.
“These numbers are striking … eye-popping,” said Robert Dion, a professor of political science at the University of Evansville. “You normally do not see this kind of intense interest in a midterm.”
Voting started in single sites in all three counties Oct. 10 and will be expanded next week to satellite locations.
Unlike in 2014, Dion and political operatives note, Indiana this year is the focus of one of the tightest and most pivotal U.S. Senate races in the country and voters are motivated by the contentious confirmation battle of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/2018/10/19/indianas-early-voting-surging-brett-kavanaugh-one-reason-why/1661243002/
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Me n Mrs. Glam voted straight ticket Dem today! 
(Typo earlier, wrote "liberal", mean "conservative"
. Though Hamilton county tends to vote conservative, there are areas that are growing rapidly with lots of younger suburban families and those areas are starting to turn Blue. Who knows if the surge is due to those younger voters, but that was my first thought when I saw "Hamilton County", that this is a good thing.
