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elections.gmu.edu - 10/20/2008

2008 Early Voting

— 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 ... (more) 2008 Early Voting

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gallup.com - 10/29/2008

Early Voting Now Up to 18%

— gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking data collected through Monday night indicate that 18% of registered... voters who plan to vote have already voted, and another 15% say they will vote before Nov. 4; so far the voter preferences of this early ... (more) Early Voting Now Up to 18%

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dailykos.com - 10/29/2008

Early Voting Roundup

— dailykos.com — NATIONAL From WaPo : More than twelve million voters have already cast ballots in the presidential contest,... according to one estimate, and new data from the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll shows these voters breaking Democratic by a wide ... (more) Early Voting Roundup

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RED ALERT: Early voting shows polls off 18% in California!
Doug Ross @ Journal — RedState has the update : [image] California has begun early voting already as well as mail-in balloting. The number of people who have gone in to vote in person has been extensive. The results so far prove what we had always suspected. The polls are being proven as totally unreliable. Although the results of early balloting have not been disclosed,of course, how many Republicans and how many Democrats have voted has been revealed. The results are simply shocking . The polls showed Barack Obama with an 18 point lead in California just a few days ago. The results thus far ...

Eight More Days Of This…Seriously
pandagon.net - we are the public option — by Jesse Taylor Wingnuttia has a new windmill to tilt after...could Obama lose California?  The answer is no.  The answer has always been no and will always be no.  But the results are stunning! California has begun early voting already as well as mail-in balloting. The number of people who have gone in to vote in person has been extensive. The results so far prove what we had always suspected. The polls are being proven as totally unreliable. Although the results of early balloting have not been disclosed,of ...

It's Morning in California. Or Is It?
Opinionator — ... has some (Republican) observers seeing red. The diarist Redalert at the partisan collective Redstate is one : California has begun early voting already as well as mail-in balloting. The number of people who have gone in to vote in person has been extensive. The results so far prove what we had always suspected. The polls are being proven as totally unreliable. Although the results of early balloting have not been disclosed,of course,how many Republicans and how many Democrats have voted has been revealed. The results are simply shocking. The polls showed Barack Obama with an ...

Good reason to ignore the pundits and forget the polls.
Hyscience — Early evidence suggests you should get out there and vote for John McCain. "Stunning" results in California show the wisdom of Yogi Berra who said, "It's not over until it's over." ...

Early Voting
PoliGazette — ... Furthermore, reports from California indicate that here too Obama is doing less good than anticipated. According to the reports, McCain and Obama are basically tied in that state at this moment. ...

Counterevidence Watch: GOP Early Vote In California
The Atlantic Politics Channel — During the next eight days, this column will be on the lookout for counterevidence to support the theory that John McCain is closer in the mirror than he appears to me.... often, thanks to confirmation bias, we neglect evidence that doesn't fit with our theory. So here's an effort to make sure that evidence and anecdotes that contradict our theory get a full airing.  The theory, one should be clear, is that Barack Obama is winning. Item: a RedState Red Alert diary claims that California has begun early voting already as well as ...

Polls Wrong! Obama Losing!
Outside The Beltway | OTB — Polls Wrong! Obama Losing! Stories from RedState , Strata-Sphere and elsewhere that the massive early voting so far isn’t going overwhelmingly for Barack Obama as expected have Memeorandum abuzz. While it’s understandable that John McCain supporters are grasping for any good news they can find, the idea that California is “very tight,” let alone that “in the less liberal states [Obama] is in real trouble” is just absurd. While it’s interesting, if true, that Obama is up only slightly with the 210,000 early votes in California, it’s simply not within the ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... reports. Republican voters should ignore the pundits and the polls and get out the vote, RedState’s editors blog in an alert to supporters, pointing to evidence of strong GOP early voting in California. It is difficult to envision a strategy conceding losses in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Townhall’s ...

POETIC (OR, VOTETIC) JUSTICE ?
Dr. Sanity — ... There have also been other indicators that early voting in other states--even in California--do not show the surge that Obama is expecting will necessarily go his way. ...