Never thought of it that way! I was watching on the news and wondering where the hell those places were though. I've never even sniffed a legitimate line when I've voted. I have always voted in highly Democratic areas.
I live in a reliably Democratic area of California and I've both seen and been in long poll lines.
I'm not saying there isn't somewhere where local politicians are conspiring to suppress turnout, but often long lines are just a matter of understaffed or under-hosted polling places, which presumably means that the various campaigns would rather have their election-day volunteers calling people or driving them around than running a polling place.
