Turnout is particularly strong in a strong red state.
I've lived in Alabama all my life, and over the decades, I've covered countless local, state and federal elections. I've learned that yes, true to predictions, residents in my state do turn out in droves to vote in presidential elections. And yes, I can say with some confidence that voters here will most likely vote for Mitt Romney. This is a solidly red state, after all.
I can tell you that the lines in my hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, were extremely long, even during the so-called mid-afternoon "down time." Pollsters told me that they've never seen this kind of turnout before, at least on a local level. We have a major Probate Judge's race going on here that's been rather nasty, so perhaps that also contributed to the turnout. Whatever the case, Alabamians are casting ballots in record numbers today.
