re: Kamala needs 700k votes in Philly

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Top Philadelphia Democrats said anecdotal evidence suggests in-person voter turnout was high through the morning hours Tuesday, projecting confidence that the deep-blue city would deliver more votes than it did in 2020.

”Lines everywhere I went,” Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said during an Election Day lunch at South Restaurant on North Broad Street, where she predicted the city would see record turnout.

“What we’re seeing is just sort of anecdotal right now,” Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said. “But kind of extra high turnout in the early part of the day, particularly here in Philly.”

And State Sen. Sharif Street, chair of the state Democratic Party, added: “What I’m hearing from committeepeople and ward leaders looks good.”

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In the 18th division of the city’s Second Ward, a typically high-turnout part of South Philadelphia, the division had hit 83% of its 2020 turnout (including mail and in-person ballots) as of 2 p.m., committeeperson Laura Boyce said. More than 400 people had voted in the division where 490 voters cast ballots in 2020.

In nearby Pennsport, Charlie Piechoski, a longtime worker at the Nelson M. Herron Playground polling station, said by lunchtime it was “absolutely highest turnout yet in my 30 years.” Piechoski said that over 500 of the precinct’s 704 listed voters had already voted.
”We’ve never had this high a number with this much time left,” he said.

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Parker mused that turnout could significantly increase compared to 2020, when the city delivered 603,000 votes for President Joe Biden. She guessed it could rise to between 650,000 and 700,000 votes.
”I’m excited about today,” she said. “You’ve gotta feel it.”

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