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Early Voting
Suburban Guerrilla —
So far, favoring Obama by a crushing margin. Yay!
+23%
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Obama is dominating with early voting in Iowa, North Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, and Ohio.
Swing State Early Voters Go Obama
Politics Daily —
... Results like these seem to show that this year the Democratic base is excited about their ticket and ready to turn out to vote in big numbers. ...
Obama Dominating Among Early Voters
The Moderate Voice —
... Nate Silver points to a recent survey suggesting Obama is well ahead in the early and absentee votes cast so far in five states polled: New Mexico (+23%), Ohio (+18%), Georgia (+6%), Iowa (+34%), and North Carolina (+34%). ...
Wednesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
WEDNESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Early voting in New Mexico, Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, and North Carolina at this point seems to favor Obama . * There are several new national polls out today. ...
Drawing Conclusions from Early Voting (Georgia Edition)
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... If you remember the Ohio vote in 2004, you know that black voters were faced with hellacious lines while upper-class white neighborhoods encountered few problems. My understanding is that a strong-willed and very competent Secretary of State in Ohio is working to make sure that doesn't happen again, but it may not matter. This report suggests African-American voters nationwide will simply not be deterred this time around.
And, for what it's worth, Obama is dominating early voting.
What Can We Expect From McCain Tonight?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Conventional wisdom has him reaching out to the older white voters, the last group of dependable voters to have started to move towards Obama, in states like Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida... even Arkansas. Early voters are breaking so huge for Obama that Inside the Beltway prognosticators are in shock. ...
Obama trouncing McCain among early voters
The Reaction —
... As Nate Silver noted this morning, "these are not hard-and-fast numbers." Still, polling by SurveyUSA of early voters in five states shows Obama well ahead of McCain: ...
Remainders: Hofstra
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Sedona.
The GOP deploys squirrels against ACORN.
Must watch local ACORN news.
Balz says its going to be tough for McCain tonight.
Political Browser runs down the debate Dos and Don'ts.
New 527 ad: Obama will play nice with Islamic militants.
In Cobb County, Georgia, African-Americans wait in long lines to early vote.
Heavy early voting in Marion County, Indiana, too.
Nate Silver points to indicators that Obama is crushing among early voters. ...
Evidence of Strong Obama Ground Game?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Nate Silver looks at these results from five states (NC, GA, OH, NM and IA). It appears Obama’s efforts to boost turnout through a strong ground game are paying off. The Survey USA polls show large double-digit leads for the Democratic nominee in four of the five states (NM +23, OH +18, IA +34 and NC +34). Obama holds his “smallest” lead among early voters in Georgia, +6. ...
Republicans: Don’t Party Like It’s 1980
Pajamas Media —
... that the slight narrowing of the race this past week meant that John McCain was trailing nationally by an average of 7 points compared to 9 or 10, it is unclear just what Republicans might be celebrating. History shows only one candidate trailing by 7 points this late in the campaign who came back to win it: Ronald Reagan. And the uncertainty associated with the turnout models those numbers are based on makes most polls showing this a close race suspect. The fact is, early voting in some states might indicate a larger than normal turnout of African Americans and young voters ...
Georgia On My Mind
Politics Daily —
... Early voting is proving a huge asset to Obama. It remains to be seen whether these lines will continue in their present direction, but we now have our ...
