These were snap decisions, some made in the walk from the car to the polling place.
“I made up my mind in the booth,” said Kari Webb of Ladera Ranch, who had changed parties from Republican to Democrat. She said she had been watching a string of Democrats – Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar – drop out of contention on the eve of the election. When they threw their support behind former Vice President Joe Biden, Webb thought that was enough.
“I was for Pete,” she said. “I went with Biden.”
She’s not confident in her new party.
“I think we’ll end up with four more years of a train wreck, but I pray everyday that doesn’t happen,” Webb said.
Super Tuesday was going smoothly Tuesday morning across Orange County. New polling places and new voting systems drew curiosity among voters, but everything seemed to be working correctly. At early morning stops at polling places in Ladera Ranch and Anaheim, the Southern California News Group found less than one minute wait times.
Voters were greeted by smiling guides who accepted their mail-in ballots or showed them to a booth where they could fill out a form and watch as it was entered into the database.
“It was a piece of cake,” said Marc Winger of Ladera Ranch. “Voting didn’t take any effort at all.”
Winger called himself a “Never Trumper,” explaining that he has been a Republican his entire voting life until current President Donald Trump won in 2016. He changed his party affiliation.
“My big thing is conservation, and Trump is in denial,” Winger said. “It drives me crazy, and so does the attitudes of his followers.”
Winger said his choice came down to billionaire Mike Bloomberg or Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. He chose Gabbard.
“It was a protest vote,” Winger said. “I’m tired of septuagenarian east coasters.”
Lisa Larkin of Ladera Ranch said both her and her husband were Buttigieg supporters until he dropped out on March 2.
“We made up our minds on the last night possible,” Larkin said. Their choice: Biden.
John Gresko of Ladera Ranch was so impressed with the voting system.
“I parked, I walked 20 feet and it took me 30 seconds,” he said. “I consider this (November election) a heavyweight bout between professional wrestlers with different ideologies. It’s time for the public to debate the ideas and choose how it’s going to be for the next four years.”
Jay Belle of Ladera Ranch voted for Biden.
“He has a good track record, and he’s not a racist,” Belle said. “I think he has a good plan for the future.”
At the Ponderosa Community Center in Anaheim, the vote seemed to be as easy as it was in Ladera Ranch.
Some of the voters were happy they didn’t mail in their ballots early because the candidates have changed.
“I waited until the very last minute to decide,” said Kelly Jeffrey of Anaheim. “I’m so glad I waited. I didn’t want to throw away my vote.”
Frank Martinez of Anaheim said he was set to vote for Buttigieg.
“But I heard he quit,” Martinez said. “I changed to Bernie.”
That’s Vermont senator Bernie Sanders. “Bernie can beat Trump.”
Precious Shakur of Anaheim said she hoped Super Tuesday would draw out a lot of African Americans to vote.
“I don’t care who we vote for, as long as we vote,” Shakur said. “My decision was very difficult. I don’t see how they (the candidates) are going to do what they are talking about.”
Shakur didn’t want to say who she chose. But she wanted to say who she did not.
“I didn’t vote for Bloomberg,” she said. “I didn’t want to vote for a guy who’s putting a half billion dollars to buy an election.”
The angriest person at the Ponderosa Community Center Tuesday morning was Phil Bistry. He had voted early, and he made a plea with election officials to change his vote.
“I wanted to re-vote,” said Bistry, who was teaching a English as a Second Language class across a courtyard from the polling place. “They won’t let me do it.”
Bistry voted for Tom Steyer, but Steyer dropped out. Bistry said he called the California Secretary of State to complain.
“They told me there is nothing they can do,” Bistry said. “I’m very frustrated. Why can’t the brain trust in Sacramento figure that out. It’s pretty disappointing. What a waste.”
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