Early voting passes 20 Million --Encouraging numbers in FL NC NV NM but
NC numbers stunning
With 60% of 2004 vote Dems maintaining 23 point advantagehttp://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html . . . .2008 . . . 2004
Dem . 52.6% . . 48.6%
Rep . 29.6% . . 37.4%
None .17.8% . . 14.1%
White. 69.3%
Black. 26.6% (State population estimated 22%)
Other. 4.0%
One-Stop 91.8%
These numbers point to a huge turnout in North Carolina.
It didn't seem possible that the huge advantage in early voting would be maintained but the large lead established early in NC has remained consistent. The Obama GOTV operation in NC seems to be on high overdrive.
It is interesting that the McCain campaign doesn't seem to be going back to North Carolina -- has the early voting lead made it too tough for McCain to put any more resources in NC. There is also some reporting indicating that McCain is giving up his GOTV operation.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Colorado also has reached 60% of its 2004 votes but the vote by party is evenly divided but with a large 24% no party stated
Florida has 3.3 million or 44% of the 2004 vote. The interesting trend here is that it started out exactly even and every day the Dem turnout has increased and the advantage over Republicans is now 7.6%
Georgia is showing 47% of the 2004 vote with no party identification but the AA vote at 35% contiues to outperform its state percentage 30%.
Nevada is showing 53% of the 2004 vote and Democrats continue to post a 20+% statewide view.
