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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums18% have already voted in OHIO and voted 2-1 for our President !!
Per Chuck Todd !
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)I live in northern Ohio and I've seen 3-4 times as many Obama signs/bumperstickers than I have Robme signs/bumperstickers. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this trend continues for the next 3 1/2 weeks.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)but it's ok to report on voting preferences for early voting.
oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)I didn't realize that they could release the results of early voting. WTF?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)These numbers come from a poll of voters. 18 % of those voters said they already voted.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)I must've failed to read carefully.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I think they are treating self-reports of voting activity different for early voting than they do for election day voting.
I don't understand what the justification for the different treatment.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)GOTV
(3,759 posts)So by Monday it will be something like 2.0001 to 1 for Obama!
Yay!
pampango
(24,692 posts)Two federal courts have blocked an Ohio law cutting back opportunities for voters to cast an early ballot during this years election, yet Ohios Republican officials continue to fight tooth and nail to keep voters from voting early. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted and Attorney General Mike DeWine plan to appeal the most recent decision blocking the anti-voting law to the Supreme Court, and Husted even openly defied a court order permitting early voting until the judge who issued that order demanded that Husted appear in court.
In case anyone has any doubts why Ohio Republicans are so opposed to early voting, this is why:
That chart is taken from a recent poll of Ohio voters. Although it shows Romney with a slight lead among people who have yet to vote, Obama leads by a massive 20 points among those who have already cast their ballot.
There are two likely explanations for this discrepancy. One is the simple fact that Obama has invested significantly more resources into his ground game, and that includes turning more people out to vote early rather than waiting for them to show up election day. Another, equally important reason, however, is the fact that many likely Obama voters are simply less likely to turn out if they cannot cast an early ballot. As the Sixth Circuit explained in its decision blocking the Ohio anti-voting law, early voters have disproportionately lower incomes and less education than election day voters, and thus are less likely to have jobs that give them the flexibility to take time off to vote on election day.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/11/988701/why-ohio-republicans-are-so-determined-to-restrict-early-voting-in-one-chart/
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)is that on par with 2008?