Dems keep voter registration lead in 4 Battleground states

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Democrats hold the registration advantage over Republicans in four of six battleground states that will play a key role in the presidential election, even as Republicans and independents have recorded larger net gains since late 2008, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.

Democrats have the edge over Republicans in Florida, Iowa, Nevada and North Carolina. In Colorado and New Hampshire, Republicans outnumber Democrats, according to the analysis of state data. Three other battlegrounds -- Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin -- don’t report registration statistics by party.

.“We have largely preserved the huge gains we built in 2007 and 2008 and increased our advantage in some areas, out- registering Republicans in every single battleground state in each of the past three months,” said Adam Fetcher, a spokesman for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-10/democrats-keep-voter-registration-lead-in-4-battleground-states.html

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1. Dems have outnumbered Repubs in NC historically--BUT

the key is getting the turnout.

In NC:

Voter Registration as of 10/10/2012 Democratic: 2,808,926 Republican: 2,022,366 Libertarian: 17,435 Unaffiliated: 1,673,226 Total: 6,521,953

http://www.ncsbe.gov/


The huge unaffiliated numbers probably relate to how many military we have--active and retired--and probably at least half of them will vote Repub.