25 percent of newly registered Ohio voters are residents of Democratic-leaning Cuyahoga County

[Algorem]

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/09/one_in_four_newly_registered.html



One in four newly registered voters statewide lives in Democratic-rich Cuyahoga County, with most of those in Cleveland.

Such figures could bode well for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who is relying on the county and other urban centers to give him a victory in November.

Franklin and Hamilton counties, which include Columbus and Cincinnati, respectively, round out the top three counties with the highest number of new voters.

Across the state, nearly 40 percent of the 700,000 newly registered voters live in precincts that Democrat John Kerry carried with at least 60 percent of the vote in 2004, according to a Plain Dealer analysis of voter registration data and 2004 election results from the Secretary of State's office...




Experts say Democrats have best chance in years to grab seats in Congress

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/09/experts_say_democrats_have_bes.html


WASHINGTON -- The patch of Northeast Ohio that President William McKinley once called home hasn't elected a Democrat to Congress since Harry Truman was in the White House.

The Columbus-area congressional district that includes Ohio State University hasn't sent a Democrat to the House since Beatlemania first raged in the United States.

The Cincinnati-area district that includes nearly all the Queen City's black population hasn't sent a Democrat to Congress since Bill Clinton won his first presidential election.

Democrats think it's time for that to change, and political analysts say this November's election provides the best opportunity in years...

[WCGreen]

1. Now if they would just vote....

We will be in the drivers seat...

[Captain Hilts]

2. I wish just half of them had registered and voted in 2000 or 2004. nt