Update #2 : It looks like Vermonters turned out to vote and beat expectations!
Predictions on possible turnout made before the primary for Vtdigger.com by party experts and one political science professor ranged from 20,000 to 30,000 to as many as perhaps 40,000 votes would be cast in Democratic primary.On the Republican side it was thought around 15,000 might show up.
Well based on some very rough math using the Sec. of State’s webpage showing unofficial results for governor the total number of votes cast in the Democratic race for governor was 67,234.The republican race had 36,432 total votes cast. there was no Progressive party candidate running.
Taking both totals together there were 103,666 votes cast in the primary yesterday. As of July 31, 2018 Vermont had 473,442 registered voters.
Update #1: You can find the latest unofficial primary election results as they come in here at the Vermont Sec. of State web-page.
August 14th is 2018 Primary Election Day — so go out and vote for someone! 
That’s right — if you aren’t one of the record number of people who got absentee ballots — TODAY, Tuesday, is the day to vote to decide who is your party’s (or the team that has the most folks you’d like to see in office) candidate in the general election in November. The Vermont Secretary of State’s webpage had plenty of information available — a final list of ALL the candidates, and if you care to dig deep, they also have posted all the latest candidate financial disclosure information filed with the state.
Vtdigger.com reports: As of Aug. 9, the Thursday before the primary, 13,590 voters had requested early ballots, according to data from the Secretary of State’s Office.
That number is more than double what it was in 2014 at 6,034. In the 2016 primary, 20,038 residents had requested absentee ballots by the Thursday before the primary.
But most say that early ballots aren’t necessarily a good indicator of how many voters will actually head to the polls on primary day.
The general expectation is turnout will be “sleepy.” I hope that’s wrong and turnout isn’t too sleepy: it is time to WAKE UP — even for primaries. You want a choice? GO VOTE!
Every phase of the election is important. Every opportunity to vote should be treasured.
We wouldn’t be stuck with Attila the Hun if more good people had overcome their indifference to Hillary and cast their ballots for the greater good.
If you stayed at home last November, how does it now feel to have been manipulated into not voting…by the Russians??
Revolution starts at the school board, moves into City office and then reshapes primaries. If you’re not in the habit of voting in primaries, the things you care about will be left behind.
I voted last week.
From what I’ve witnessed in this America, no one will ever see me giving my okay to any candidate. Voting will change nothing.