[stupac2]

However, the people talking aren't the people with votes

A significant fraction of them actually are! Voldemort voters are media members, so when someone like Stewart Mandel (who I think does have a vote) gushes about McCaffrey, it matters.

I read that something like 10-15% of people voted before Saturday. Which is stupid and they shouldn't allow it. But we don't know what those ballots looked like, so it's hard to say how important it is. For all we know they were voting for Mayfield, Cook, and Elliot.

[stupac2]

However, the people talking aren't the people with votes

A significant fraction of them actually are! Voldemort voters are media members, so when someone like Stewart Mandel (who I think does have a vote) gushes about McCaffrey, it matters.

I read that something like 10-15% of people voted before Saturday. Which is stupid and they shouldn't allow it. But we don't know what those ballots looked like, so it's hard to say how important it is. For all we know they were voting for Mayfield, Cook, and Elliot.