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I went to my polling place at 7:30 a.m.; one would have thought it was a midterm election--there was barely a soul in sight. Even our convoluted process of; determining your district, getting the ballot, filling out the ballot, and finally scanning it went quickly, simply because no one else was ahead of me. Interestingly, I did not have to show any form of identification. Given the scrawl that I use as my signature, I'm confident virtually anyone could walked in and voted in my place. One has to show identification just to walk into a local bar, but not to vote. Bernice seemed to have had much more buzz on a grassroots level. But Hillary was backed by many of the same NYC groups that backed her when she ran against Barack Obama. The teachers union backed Hillary, my local newspaper the Amsterdam News backed Hillary. However most people I talk to back Bernie. If they favor Hillary, they are less than enthusiastic about it--or are keeping to themselves. I bet if Bernie was 25 years younger Hillary would not have a chance. Some pundits believe Hillary will be indicted and her candidacy be rendered moot. If you have not heard about the Panama Papers, check it out. There are rumors she and Bill may have some concerns, over and above the mail server issues. It is fascinating how people generally think Bernie will not be able to do anything and everything he is saying he will do is unrealistic. I don't recall anyone saying that about Obama. Obama promised a lot and even got a Noble Peace Prize, based apparently on his promises. But we see American military action in the Middle east has not ended, drone strikes have escalated, Guantanamo is still open, etc. Maybe this is why Bernie's promises are criticized as being unreasonable. Then it is not clear to me why Hillary would be more believable. Even if Bernie ekes out a win in New York, it does not look like the powers that be want him as a candidate. The NY and CA results will be very interesting. The Donald is predicted to win the NY primary quite handily. But NY, and NYC in particular, is a blue state so I expect both Hillary and Bernie to beat The Donald in the popular vote.

Hi Troy, thank you very much for adding my books to the website. I will most definitely follow up much earlier with Places In My Heart. I appreciate you! Sheryl