One of the best ways to identify what’s going on in any area is a ground report from the people most familiar with it, that’s YOU. If you are voting today perhaps you would consider sharing a ground report from your town, city, neighborhood or voting precinct.

How’s the turnout? Any issues or concerns? What’s the overall climate amid your voting locales? Please feel free to share your personal perspectives in the comment section along with any links to any information you feel might be valuable or interesting.

What’s going on out there?

Thank you Mr. Trump, today I voted for you.
Thank you for providing me, us, an opportunity to vote for a person who relentlessly and tirelessly worked for all of us.
Thank you putting on that bullet-proof vest and campaigning on behalf of all Americans.
Long ago we accepted the geography of this battle.  We knew this campaign was going to get ugly on many levels; you knew it too – and you did it anyway.
You confronted a body of globalist political elites. There are trillions of dollars at stake, and significant power over world events hanging in the balance.
We are not disconnected from fully comprehending the issues at hand.  We were also fully aware of the gaslighting, astroturfing, lying, and corrupt propaganda – inbound from all those who held a vested interest in your elimination.  You knew it too – and you did it anyway. (more…)

One of the best ways to identify what’s going on in any area is a ground report from the people most familiar with it, that’s YOU.   If you are voting today perhaps you would consider sharing a ground report from your town, city, neighborhood or voting precinct.

How’s the turnout? Any issues or concerns?  What’s the overall climate amid your voting locales.   Please feel free to share your personal perspectives in the comment section along with any links to any information you feel might be valuable or interesting.

What’s going on out there?

Today is election day, and there’s a lot of nervousness about the outcome. Relax, there’s more room for optimism if you dispatch the negativity. The media is “all in” for Hillary Clinton, and this comes as a surprise to who? Tune them out. All the variables that are non MSM related point toward a historic win for Donald Trump over the next 18 hours.
Vote. Help your family and friends to vote if needed. Lend car-pools or babysit, or whatever you can to turn your own energy into positive action – it will help you ignore the chattering class.
CTH is going to approach the election day the same way we have in each of the primary contests earlier this year. Nothing fancy, just steady and simple.
We believe in the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid):
♦  We will post threads for ground reports in two hour increments beginning at 10:00am Eastern Time Zone. Share your experience within your own community. How is the turnout? Wait Times? Excitement or lack thereof at your polling station… etc.
It is critical that everyone vote. Remember, historically there are two metrices that drive media narratives in the post election discussion. Each of these metrices have a different impact on Washington DC: (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

The final pre-election day rally of the 2016 presidential campaign year concludes in Grand Rapids Michigan tonight with Donald Trump and Mike Pence together.  The rally is in Grand Rapids at DeVos Place.  The event is scheduled to begin at 11:00pm EST:
The line entering DeVos Place was well over two-miles-long when the doors were opened.
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

The fourth rally of the day brings candidate Donald Trump and Governor Mike Pence back together in Manchester, New Hampshire.  There is a massive crowd inside the venue – Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Arena for the rally, 8:00pm EST:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

While there have been many memorable and historic moments in the 2016 campaign season, the midnight Trump rally in Leesburg Virginia will be one that goes into the history books for our grandchildren to read.  We are very fortunate to have a first-hand report from Treeper Blognificent Bee who was in attendance:

~ The Midnight Rally of Trump Revere ~

Leesburg Rally Report by Blognificent Bee:  While I am finally finding the energy to post some pics and jot out a few lines, Mr Trump has already completed another 2 rallies, and is on the way to his third of the day.

Being somewhat new to Loudoun County I did not know that the road to serving the fairgrounds barely fits one car each way, let alone thousands of streaming rally goers. I never fully understood whether there was on-site parking, but I ended up parking along the side of the road at the first open grass spot I saw (after seeing the CTH headline, I clocked my walk back to the car at 2.3 miles).
So there is a steady stream of people walking on this tiny unlit road, all happy and out of breath on the hills. Made it to the line, whoa – I had no clue there were this many Trumpians in NoVa. Typical vendors and crowd scene. Lots of people sharing the new commercial on their phones. I met several groups of nice people, especially a lady that invited me to a conservative ladies chat group on FB!
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