mcclatchydc.com - 10/18/2008
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Thursday's first day of early voting drew record numbers across North Carolina, election officials said, as more than 100,000 people turned out.
elections.gmu.edu - 10/20/2008
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elections.gmu.edu —
2008 Early Voting Statistics Last updated: Oct. 20,
2008 And they're off! Hundreds of thousands of people...
have already cast their ballot for the 2008 presidential election. By early vote, I mean any vote cast prior to Election Day, be it by absentee ...
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2008 Early Voting
politico.com - 10/22/2008
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politico.com —
Here's an early voting story from a medical
student in Evansville, Ind.: I squeaked in just before...
the 7pm deadline to find two very frustrated poll workers and a line of a couple dozen people, due to problems with the computerized voting system ...
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Early voting in Evansville
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N.C. Turnout
Ben Smith's Blog —
Some more remarkable early voting stats, in this case from North Carolina:
Across the state, Democrats showed the most first-day enthusiasm. Of the nearly 114,000 first-day voters, 64 percent were Democrats, 21 percent Republicans and 15 percent unaffiliateds.
African American turnout was up significantly. Black voters, who make up about 22 percent of registered voters, were 36 percent of Thursday's early voters.
In 2004, blacks made up 18.6 percent of voters.
Heavy Early Turnout In North Carolina
Oliver Willis —
Don’t let up, fight like you’re still 10 points behind.
Across the state, Democrats showed the most first-day enthusiasm. Of the nearly 114,000 first-day voters, 64 percent were Democrats, 21 percent Republicans and 15 percent unaffiliateds.
African American turnout was up significantly. Black voters, who make up about 22 percent of registered voters, were 36 percent of Thursday’s early voters.
In 2004, blacks made up 18.6 percent of voters.
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Bad New for McCain in North Carolina
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via McClatchy: GOP turnout lagging in heavy N. Carolina early voting
Across the state, Democrats showed the most first-day enthusiasm. Of the nearly 114,000 first-day voters, 64 percent were Democrats, 21 percent Republicans and 15 percent unaffiliateds.
The rate of early voting is up by ~40% over 2004, according to the report. One would expect that given that an open seat election tends to enhance turn-out, not to mention the generally dramatic nature of this year’s campaign.
While one can make too much of the numbers cited ...
NC-Gov: PERDUE (D) is ahead
Daily Kos —
... And with registration and early voting numbers continuing to look fantastic in the state for us, I suspect we'll be celebrating some great Tarheel victories on November. But that also means that those of you in North Carolina have a lot of work to do these next two weeks. No slacking! Leave everything on the road. On the web: Bev Perdue for Governor Update: More here. Thursday's first day of early voting drew record numbers across North Carolina, election officials ...
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