Predicting an outcome is easy when making like comparisons. Predicting election turnout for the Tuesday, November 5 General Election in Putnam County is not easy because like comparisons are not possible.

Early voting for this year’s Presidential Election cannot be compared to early voting in the last Presidential Election. The 2020 election early voting and election day voting numbers were distorted by the large number of mail-in ballots. The 2020 General Election saw a large…