docwebster ([personal profile] docwebster) wrote2004-09-27 10:39 am

Doc Refrains later on, but first this lovely bit of news

(Courtesy of This Modern World)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A sweeping voter registration campaign in heavily Democratic areas has added tens of thousands of new voters to the rolls in the swing states of Ohio and Florida, a surge that has far exceeded the efforts of Republicans in both states, a review of registration data shows.

The analysis by The New York Times of county-by-county data shows that in Democratic areas of Ohio - primarily low-income and minority neighborhoods - new registrations since January have risen 250 percent over the same period in 2000. In comparison, new registrations have increased just 25 percent in Republican areas. A similar pattern is apparent in Florida: in the strongest Democratic areas, the pace of new registration is 60 percent higher than in 2000, while it has risen just 12 percent in the heaviest Republican areas.


Republicans want to psyche you out, make you think that this election is already over, that a Bush victory is inevitable. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[identity profile] amberfox.livejournal.com 2004-09-27 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I really need to try to get some visibility for the Texas Democrats. They exist, but most of them are convinced that this isn't a good place to admit to not being a Republican, and most of them don't seem to bother to vote. sigh... Because of course that helps.

[identity profile] baron-samedi.livejournal.com 2004-09-28 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank goodness! So nice to know...