Battleground: That registration edge
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:22 AM by Mark Murray
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"An AP survey of election officials nationwide found that as of Oct. 1, the number of registered Democrats had grown by nearly 5 percent since 2004 -- outpacing overall population growth in the 28 states where information on voter registration by party was available for 2004 and 2008. During the same time, the GOP lost more than 2 percent of its registered voters.”
More: "In states where registration is recorded by party, including eight key states that could decide the election, voters have signed up Democratic in the past six months by a margin of nearly 4-to-1. Obama could hold Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, won by Democrat John Kerry four years ago, and go on to pick up three states won by President Bush: Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. He could also narrow the gap in Iowa, as well as in both Florida and North Carolina...."
COLORADO: It's news that ACORN's Colorado chapter ISN'T in trouble. "An advocacy group accused of election fraud elsewhere has maintained a cordial working relationship with Colorado's biggest counties, and that has kept its drive rolling smoothly here, election officials say."
FLORIDA: Check out the anti-McCain mailer that Florida Dems are sending out, per the St. Pete Times. "He's hiding something he doesn't want us to know," it reads. The piece targets McCain's health care policy.
INDIANA: The Indy Star's political columnist asks: "Why hasn't McCain made at least a pit stop in the land of basketball and fried tenderloins? For months, polls have shown our red state looking purple. Still, despite talk from McCain's Indiana team, months have passed without the Arizona senator stopping here -- or doing much of anything here."
MICHIGAN: Officials stand by their methods after an NYT story called into question some states' use of Social Security numbers for unfair voter purge.
OHIO: "A federal judge on Thursday ordered Ohio's top elections official to verify the identity of newly registered voters by matching them with other government documents. ... The order was the result of a lawsuit the Ohio Republican Party filed against Brunner, a Democrat."
"On the same day that the National Rifle Association endorsed McCain, [Ohio Governor Ted] Strickland reassured voters in a gun-loving region that 'if you are a hunter or a gun owner ... you have nothing to fear from Barack Obama. You spread the word -- Ted Strickland said so.'"
PENNSYLVANIA: In Western Pennsylvania, "Now, driven by fears that their personal finances could further deteriorate, many see Obama as the better choice -- their thinking in some cases driven more by concern about how McCain would handle the economy than any growing admiration for his rival."
