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From an MSNBC.com article reporting scores of voters registering these past few days:
"Pennsylvania’s suburban Montgomery County, the state’s largest Republican-leaning county, saw a bigger surge than the past two elections, with three Democrats registering for every two Republicans, said Joseph R. Passarella, the county’s director of voter services. An analysis by the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal found that registration was up higher in that state’s traditionally Democratic counties, and not as high in counties that usually vote GOP."
Am I delusionally optimistic or does it seem highly unlikely that people who have not voted in previous elections would suddenly be inclined to register in order to cast a vote for Bush?
Posted by ayelet at October 4, 2004 03:29 PM
Yes, I'm getting more and more cautiously optomistic. People generally have a hard time getting psyched up for the status quo.
However, there has been an unprecidented surge in voter turnout measures on both sides in this election, with an edge for the Republicans. We have a long month to wait before election day.
It would make me so happy to see little Kerry edges here and there in various states translate into an electoral landslide (even if he can't muster a popular one.) Hell...I'll take any victory I can get.
Posted by: Adam at October 5, 2004 08:10 AMmy mother-in-law lives in Akron... She was on the cover of the Beacon Journal once (with Craig in the background)... super cool :)
Craig sure wishes he was voting in his home state this year...