From The New York Times, 9/26/04:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/politics/campaign/26vote.html?hp
A Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States
By FORD FESSENDEN
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.
While comparable data could not be obtained for other swing states,
similar registration drives have been mounted in them as well, and
party officials on both sides say record numbers of new voters are
being registered nationwide.
This largely hidden but deadly earnest battle is widely believed by
campaign professionals and political scientists to be potentially
decisive in the presidential election.
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Hey, Repugs, feelin' a li'l sickish? don't blame ya.
Harry
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