Alright. With 70,500 votes cast in Mecklenburg County — 44.5 percent of them by Democrats — I am not hearing anyone declare that Election Day will not matter when it comes to local offices. Recall that was the local GOP lament last year.

As ever, it will come down to turnout. Heavily GOP precincts will have to turnout at near 30 percent rates for Republican candidates to have a shot.