No, not the Bare Naked Ladies hit from 1998. One week is how long you have to vote. Alternately, that’s how long it is until Election Day.
Polling, at least the notionally reliable ones, seem to point to some Trump momentum going into the final seven days before the election. The Real Clear average has Trump up by 0.1% nationally and shows leads in all the swing states minus Michigan (I blame you Chance. Get the people below the Bridge in line will ya?). If the polling is correct, Trump has a realistic chance to win not only the Electoral College but the Popular Vote as well.
Under normal circumstances, I dislike party-line, straight ticket voting, especially at the local level. At least here in NY, there are a lot of town, city and county pols that claim to be one thing but are actually the opposite. This year however, I would highly recommend a straight ticket vote. It’s just that important. At the very least you need to make sure you’re voting for your US Senator, Representative and any state legislators on the ballot.
Here’s my obligatory call for you to get out and vote early if you can. You never know what is going to happen in the next 7 days. Bring a friend with you. For the record, your editor voted Saturday, which was the first day of early voting in NY. I brought three people with me, and I plan on doing a bunch of GOTV work in the next 5 days. (NY early voting runs from two Saturdays prior to election day until the Sunday before election day.)