Obama campaign blowing Romney out of the water in swing state ground game

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Obama campaign blowing Romney out of the water in swing state ground game

by Eclectablog

OFA: grassroots organizing powerhouse. Again.

The Obama campaign released numbers today about how effective their ground game in swing states has been in two specific areas: voter registration and early voting. How effective have they been?
In a word: VERY.

On the call were Jim Messina, Campaign Manager, Jeremy Bird, National Field, and Ben LaBolt, National Press Secretary. Messina is a data-driven guy. Every morning, the first thing he does is look at numbers. "Not poll numbers but voter registration numbers and early voting numbers," he said." Those are the numbers that matter to me."

What those numbers show for the swing states that will be the deciding factor in this year's election is that Obama for America (OFA), the Obama campaign's grassroots organizing effort is shooting the lights out when compared to the Republicans. In fact, they are doing even better this year than they did in 2008. They have more registered voters in every swing state except Colorado and New Hampshire and have registered more voters than the Republicans in every swing state that reports party affiliation.

Here is the data for the number of registered voters:



(Not included: OH, VA, and WI where voters do not register with a party affiliation)

The number of new voters registered in the past three months is equally impressive:



(NH does not publish this data)

• Iowa: We lead in vote-by-mail ballots cast, in-person early voting, total voting and total ballots requested. We also lead by a wider margin than we did at this point in 2008 in both ballots requested and ballots cast.
  
  
• Ohio: We lead in ballots requested and ballots cast and are ahead of where we were at this time against John McCain.
  
  
• Florida: At this point in 2008, Republicans outnumbered Democrats among absentee mail voters by more than 245,000. This year, Democrats have cut that margin to just 70,000 – an improvement of 175,000.
  
  
• Nevada: At this point in 2008, Republicans outnumbered Democrats in absentee ballot requests by more than 8,000. This year, Democrats are in the lead.
  
  
• North Carolina: At this point in 2008, Republicans outnumbered Democrats in absentee ballot requests by more than 39,000. Today, that margin is down to less than 34,000.
  
  
• At this point in 2008, Republicans had an absentee ballot request advantage of 259,000 ballot requests in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina and Nevada. In 2012, Democrats have cut that margin by 75 percent to just 64,000.

OFA has also been highly effective at registering Latinos in the swing states, a demographic that leans heavily Democratic. They've been especially effective registering young Latinos. In fact, in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, 79% or more of the new registrations since August 1st have been under age 30, women, African American or Latino.

- more -

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/11/1143213/-Obama-campaign-blowing-Romney-out-of-the-water-in-swing-state-ground-game

Very encouraging.



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[gkhouston]

1. So... Romney is doing better in the places he's not campaigning...

[oswaldactedalone]

2. I saw the OFA operation in

Central North Carolina a few weeks ago and was amazed at the number of GOTV volunteers and the businesslike manner of the staff. These guys in NC are smart and serious about what they're doing. Dems have a lot to overcome in this state as races previous to '08 were Repig blowouts, but despite the recent polling, I think we have a fighting chance to take it.

[Coexist]

3. and newly registered voters are not counted in "likely voter" categories

just fyi

[Cha]

4. This is Uber Important! President Obama Won The Debate!

That should get some kicks on this thread..

[ProSense]

5. Nice try.

[Cha]

6. Yeah well, it ain't over yet!

Meanwhile I see our Joe is Kicking ryan's lyin pants on fire!