500,000 People Voted In The SC Democratic Primary - - 155,000 more black voters than in 2004

[jefferson_dem]

500,000 People Voted In The SC Democratic Primary
by Todd Beeton, Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 10:17:52 PM EST

Wow. Estimates had topped out at 350,000. This is a ridiculous improvement over 2004 when just 290,000 voters voted in the Dem primary. But even more impressive, Barack Obama's vote total alone today has now officially exceeded all votes cast in the 2004 Dem primary. He's now about 294,000. And MSNBC just announced that 155,000 more black voters voted today than voted in 2004.

445,000 people voted in last weekend's Republican primary. Democratic turnout outpaced Republican turnout in South Carolina? Amazing.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/1/26/221752/611

[Frances]

1. Good news

[napi21]

2. That's GREAT NEWS for the Dems! I still don't know who's going

win the nomination, but if the Dems can outnumber the Pub voters in the General, WE'RE GOING TO WIN!

[tammywammy]

3. That's some great news!

[EFerrari]

6. That's some great GOTV!

[elizm]

4. It is beyond words. nt

[frogcycle]

5. that is big - regardless of what it means to the election

of course we're all up, down, or sideways over how our candidates did, but we should all stop and think about what happened today. Old farts like me remember different times, and this is historic. See my comments at link below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4221573&mesg_id=4221573

[frogcycle]

7. that is big - regardless of what it means to the election

of course we're all up, down, or sideways over how our candidates did, but we should all stop and think about what happened today. Old farts like me remember different times, and this is historic. See my comments at link below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4221573

[suston96]

8. How many black voters in 2004?

[EFerrari]

9. Somehow, we have to keep track of these numbers because

the Republicans are trying to shave our vote totals all over the place.