Why are you reading this? You should be voting right now. Like this guy.
If you’ve already gone, though, check him out. As Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell cast his vote a bit earlier today in Louisville, a spirited voter behind him got a perfectly-timed photo bomb, shedding the secrecy of the voting booth for the fame of the internet. I guess we can count on at least one vote for Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.
The image, captured by Getty’s Aaron P. Bernstein, has gone viral, and the word “thumbs” is now trending on Twitter in Louisville because that’s democracy.
McConnell is fighting the campaign of his career against Grimes, who is Kentucky’s secretary of state. She’s fallen behind in recent days after pulling nearly even with McConnell for a time last month, but Democrats are hoping she’ll pull off an upset as they struggle to maintain control of the Senate.
Here’s City Councilman Chris Seelbach tweeting the photo and former Council candidate Mike Moroski loling:
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2014.