Local Blue

Here in Lancaster County the Caucus seemed to go very well, at least from my own view and the reports of most people I know, which should cover more than half the sites in Lancaster County.

Yes there were some people upset that they couldn’t just come in vote and leave.
Althought in the end many of them got to sign in for their candidate and left early anyway.

For the most part people were excited, and understanding of the lines and extra time a Caucus took.

Douglas County and Sarpy County were the exception it seems in Nebraska, they did not have adequate sites (Sarpy County County used only one site) Douglas COunty used far too few sites and they were overrun badly by far too many people to handle.

Both of those counties lost voters due to the mess they had at their Caucus sites…
This has been documented by numersous people in feedback in the media and online.
People got stuck in long lines of traffic (in Sarpy Co) or at the doors (In Douglas Co)
and simply went home instead. They still had a good turn out, but with better planning and more sites their numbers would have been higher.

In most of the Western and Central counties it seemed to go smoothly, with the exception of one Grand Island Caucus held at a Bar called the Road House. In that place the arguements for each candidate got quite a bit nasty and people had to be separated physically before what had become an ugly shouting match came to blows.

Ok so pretty much everyone else was cooler headed…..

Thank you for everyone that came out and spent your time to make a difference…