Common Sense Gay: The Daily Takehttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/My thoughts for the day.Where's all this Democratic enthusiasm? Check the scoreboardhttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/democratic-enthusiasm-headlines-vs-reality/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/democratic-enthusiasm-headlines-vs-reality/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500The headlines say Democrats are fired up and Republicans aren't showing up. The early vote numbers say Republicans are gaining in most of the states that matter, and the Election Day vote hasn't even been cast yet.Texas isn't flipping because of primary voter mathhttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/texas-primary-voter-math/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/texas-primary-voter-math/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500The hottest take on X this week says Democratic primary voters are swamping the Texas early vote. Here's why counting primary voters tells you a lot less than it looks like, and what the better model says.Texas, early voting is open. Here's where to go.https://commonsensegay.com/blog/texas-early-voting-day-one/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/texas-early-voting-day-one/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500Early voting in Texas opened this morning and runs through Friday, October 30. Here's what's on the ballot, what to bring, and how to find the closest place to vote in about 30 seconds.Four days in a row, and Texas votes tomorrowhttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/four-days-texas-votes-tomorrow/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/four-days-texas-votes-tomorrow/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500The Democratic early vote lead shrank for the fourth straight day, Arizona and Nevada tightened, and Texas opens early voting Monday morning. Here's where it stands and what you can do about it.The gap closed again, but North Carolina needs to wake uphttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/north-carolina-wake-up-call/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/north-carolina-wake-up-call/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500Almost a million more early ballots came in overnight and the Democratic lead in the hard counts shrank again. But North Carolina's first day of in-person voting should worry every Republican in the state.Georgia showed up, Michigan is a coin flip, and the gap is closinghttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/georgia-shows-up-michigan-tightens/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/georgia-shows-up-michigan-tightens/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500Georgia went from 5,538 early votes to almost 381,000 in one pull. Michigan's early vote gap is down to about half a point. Here's what the numbers actually say.Why I built this site, and why you need to vote earlyhttps://commonsensegay.com/blog/why-i-built-this-site/https://commonsensegay.com/blog/why-i-built-this-site/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500My research kept disappearing into 60-second videos, so now the receipts have a home. First up: early voting, because that's how we won in 2024.