Mid Term Elections.

Yeah, I know it'll turn into a firestorm when we discuss Nationals, but for now I wish to point out something local to me.
Just this little corner of Virginia, where early in-person voting started today.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vo...560e99651fa5bf

I'll save you the trouble of looking at the numbers of candidate affiliation
4 are Republican
4 are Democrat
97 are Independent

What would be the odds of that? What does it say about the local "political persuasion"?
I look at numbers. I see statistics, averages, trends, try to separate the wheat from the chaff and calculate odds.
At first glance, it seems the predominant percent of this local, very rural, population is not interested in either Democrats or Republicans.
Or...
The majority of Candidates are unwilling to align with either party in fear of fallout depending on the results of the 2024 election.
Or... I could keep going, but it's no more than speculation at this point. We will know in, what? 45 days? Or six months, depending.

(searches Ebay for proximity suit)