Some early voting statistics from North Carolina, Iowa and Maine

[book_worm]

NORTH CAROLINA
TOTAL BALLOTS: 42,458
TOTAL DEM: 42.2%
TOTAL REP: 40.2%
TOTAL IND: 17.5%

IOWA: 119,430

Party Percent
Dem 42.1%
Rep 28.9%
Ind 28.9%
Other 0.1%

MAINE: 22,730

Party Percent
Dem 36.3%
Green 1.5%
Rep 37.6%
Ind 24.5%

http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2010.html

[Stardust]

1. K&R

[old mark]

2. Yeah, there's that famous enthusiasm gap....

;-)


mark

[bigdarryl]

3. Independents are getting killed by both parties so far if these three states are

an indication of what might the country look like in November there isn't any blow out I'm seeing so far the democrats are beating rethugs in two of the three states and if that stupid ass Green party person wasn't in Maine we would be winning there also

[mzteris]

7. maybe they haven't made up their minds, yet?

I think most teabaggers are registered republicans, aren't they?

[rbilancia]

9. I think you're talking about Eliot Cutler who is an Indy. No Greens running for Gov here.

[Kdillard]

4. Looking good so far. We need it to continue into election day.

[bigdarryl]

5. What I think is happening here is the democrats have a better GOTV field operation

the rethugs have invested in money only and I think they lack the GOTV effort.

[elleng]

6. which hasn't been the case in the past. Mebbe just for 'early voting?'

[Onlooker]

8. If we only tie the Republicans we're in big trouble.

Independents are almost certainly going to break in favor of the bigots.

[Whisp]

10. still hearing that enthusiam gap crap from CNN today tho

I say they have a journalistic gap

I really wonder how these fools sleep at night knowing they support such massive lies just to keep their paychecks. It would be tough call, no doubt, but somebody out there in big name recognition journo land has to have some things to say about this.

Are there any good exposé books on insider stuff in the media?
Probably not, they'd have to assume a new identity and move to another country.

[Kind of Blue]

12. I love that: Gap Crap. n/t

[kentuck]

11. Doesn't look that good?

If we assume most of the Independents are Tea Baggers and voting Republican?

[book_worm]

14. most tea baggers are not independents--they are republicans

but the question is the indies. Are the dems getting their indies to the polls in early voting or are the GOP?

[bigwillq]

13. Hopefully that's a positive sign.

K and R