It was decidedly quiet at my polling place this morning.Voters were outnumbered by the precinct workerswhen my wife, son and I arrived shortly after 8 a.m.Fewer than 50 people had voted since polls opened at 7 a.m.Absentee returns have been slow, and the 53 percent turnoutforecast last week by Sonoma [...]

On Saturday, we wrote about our most recent survey of regular Press Democrat letter writers and other readers. (Click on "editorials" on the opinion page to read the complete editorial.) Here are some other results and comments from the survey:One question was, "Do you believe the Democratic Party is hurting [...]