Coattails get longer for Obama (The Hill)

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By Alexander Bolton
Posted: 10/28/08 08:08 PM

Barack Obama’s massive campaign operation has generated a spike in Democratic voter registration in battleground states and competitive House districts, prompting political experts to predict that Obama will bring a crowd of Democrats into office on his coattails ...

In Nevada, Democratic voter registration has increased by 124,000, or more than 30 percent, since January. Republican registration has increased by 34,000, or about 9 percent, since the first of the year ...

Democrats also enjoy a dramatic advantage in voter registration in New Mexico, which has an open Senate seat and three open House seats. Democrats increased party registration in the state by 55,000 since 2006. Republicans, meanwhile, increased their numbers by 16,000 ...

Democratic registration has jumped nearly 300,000, while Republican registration has increased by about 70,000. Voters in North Carolina are also allowed to vote straight-ticket on down-ballot races, although they must vote separately for the presidential candidates ...

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/coattails-get-longer-for-obama-2008-10-28.html

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1. They are going to have a really hard time stealing this one. n/t