Pennsylvania Dems Set Enrollment Record

[Hope And Change]

Pennsylvania Dems Set Enrollment Record


Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Democratic Party enrollment surged past 4 million mark Monday, setting state record on last day to register to vote for April 22 primary.

Figures show modest declines in ranks of GOP, independents.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20080325_Rush_to_register_at_Pa__deadline.html">Philadelphia Inquirer: “At the Montgomery County Board of Elections Office yesterday, there wasn’t a single moment when someone wasn’t at the counter clutching a voter registration form.”


http://thepage.time.com/2008/03/25/pennsylvania-dems-set-enrollment-record/">Link

[gasperc]

1. nice job, well done PA

now onto April 22nd and kicking McCain's ass in November

[featherman]

2. 4 million DEMS out of a total of 8.2 registered voters is a heck of a

percentage.

If the Dem nominee loses 15% of the registered Dems to McCain but gains the usual 8% of registered GOP, then the Dem nominee won't even need a majority of INDs to win PA. 1/3 should do it. But I expect a majority of INDs to vote Dem this November.

Regardless of current polls showing a temporarily boost for McCain during the Dem infighting, the GOP brand name is so damaged by Bush that PA should be solid for the Dems in November

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Agree about McCain's damage thanks to the GOP destruction of the U.S.

This is fortunately one thing that the repukes cannot deny and should hopefully be easy for the Dems to jump on once this contest is settled. There is just so much fodder that can be used.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The news here was reporting that

the Dems had a 4% increase in registration over the last cycle. As it stands, registered Democrats now outnumber registered Republicans here, something like 4,000,000 to 3,200,000, which is 7,000,000+ registered voters. Pretty amazing for a state of 12,000,000 people.

Article with some stats is here:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/record-number-of-pa-democrats-registered/

[Johnny__Motown]

13. 700,000 not 7,000,000 (typo?) and how many of those are Repugs doing Rush's bidding?

[AllentownJake]

16. Majority

A Majority of the people I registered were independents switching to democrat. Some republicans but a majority were the independents...not scientific just personal expereince from the ground.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. I had read that the "Motor Voter" Law here automatically makes someone "independent"

if they don't specify a party. I remember when that first came into effect and there were alot of registrations that finally occured. So alot of the Indies may have originally been via Motor Voter who never specfied (and obviously couldn't vote in a primary).

[BumRushDaShow]

21. The 7,000,000 is total (all) voters in the state. Not typo.

Philadelphia alone has something like 1,000,000 registered (~800,000 Dem) voters out of a population of 1.5 million. Of course you are lucky to maybe get ~600,000 actually voting.

I don't think there are many Rash Limpballs changees mainly because there are a couple hotly contested Congressional races going on and other down-ticket things. Plus if the assumption is that Rash is telling them to vote for Hillary but the polls and media keep insisting she will win the state, why bother wasting time filling out registration-change paperwork to do something that has already been ordained?

[Ian David]

4. I just came back from PA, and based on bumper stickers, t-shirts and yard signs I saw...

Pennsylvania belongs to Jesus, Hillary Clinton, and Unions.


Pennsylvania is freakishly Jesus-obsessed.

[polichick]

11. Where were you???

I've lived in SE PA for 15 years and have never seen anything like that. The suburbs of Philly are Obama country.

[Ian David]

15. I was out in Union Town, Belle Vernon, Washington, and California, PA near Pittsburgh.

I saw 3 Hillary yard signs, some Ron Paul graffiti, 2 Obama bumper stickers, 1 Hillary bumper sticker, 1 Ron Paul bumper sticker, 2 Bush/Cheney stickers, 4 sets of anti-Bush stickers, 6 pro-Union stickers, a "Christian Left" sticker, and more Jesus-crap than you can shake a cross at.

[AllentownJake]

17. Yeah

That is the area that is close to Ohio it has more of a mid west culture than a north eastern liberal....there really are like 3 or 4 cultures in PA, We are the 6th biggest state by population...we are pretty diverse.

[Ian David]

20. When I was at our hotel, I was in an elevator full of Jesus-shirt wearing people...

... and I had on a shirt full of flaming-liberal political buttons.

Jesus-shirt lady turns to her Jesus-shirt husband and says, "I'm not looking."

[AllentownJake]

26. Yeah

You have those people in all states. I lived in NC, CT, and Indiana...and even though CT is liberal they are up there as well. Don't get me wrong I'm a Christian...I'm just a focus on the Sermon on the Mount type.

[Ian David]

27. Blessed are the cheesmakers? n/t

[AllentownJake]

12. Depends

It all depends on what part of the state you were in. We are a pretty big state and I don't appreciate you painting us all with one brush. PA has three major Urban populations with 1 million plus people each with its own distinct culture and history and we have the rural areas in the middle of the state. As an Obama supporter from PA I'm offended by your remarks. Hillary dismisses people and states. We don't.

[Ian David]

28. Based on my non-scientific sampling method, Robert Reich should have been beaten Romney.

Also, Ron Paul should have carried Massachusetts in the last Primary.

Anecdotal spot-sampling of signs and stickers where I happen to be looking is not scientific.

It's meant to be taken with the largest possible grain of salt.

[JimGinPA]

6. They Won't Have A True Idea Of How Many New Voters They Have For Awhile...

In my area we have registered so many new voters and switched so many independents (and moderate repubs) that the local election office hasn't been able to keep up processing the stacks of forms we've been bringing in. It may be a couple weeks before they're all processed and the actual figures are released. Hillary doesn't even have an office in our area yet, so the great majority of the new democrats are going to be voting for Obama.

[kentuck]

9. They would like to defeat Hillary in PA and get it over with...

swamp her. A crushing defeat. Leave no questions after this election is over. That is what they would like. Will they get it?

[meow mix]

7. Its been Obama Drives that have pushed this along.. Hillary's "old-style" politics doesnt

really get involved in these types of "grassyroots" activity. they actually look down on it.

[Beacool]

8. Nonsense, we worked our butts off in PA to register new voters.

The deadline was yesterday and we got plenty of people registered, also many who switched parties.

[Froward69]

10. um of

the "many who switched parties" how many of those would vote for her in the GE?

[Beacool]

19. Don't know. We'll just have to wait and see. n/t

[AllentownJake]

14. I didn't see you guys in the Lehigh Valley

Obama people started March 1st...when did you guys start?

[Beacool]

18. Over a week ago....... n/t

[dpbrown]

23. Republicans decline, Democrats increase - how many of those are Republicans?

What's stopping Republicans from all registering as Democrats to vote for who they'd most like to run against?

[Fluffdaddy]

24. Nothing stopping them. Nothing at all

[Hope And Change]

25. On the ground in PA - registration madhouse done

On the ground in PA - registration madhouse done


by Must Have Been The Roses

Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 05:46:42 AM PDT


Read the diary here:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/25/81159/5932/384/483702