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This is true, all our media sources in Knoxville are reporting the same. Across the board, in just about every early voting polling location and county the numbers are up on average 2x from early voting numbers last year. They are even predicting that more than 1 million votes will be cast in early voting this time around.
The encouraging news I saw was the percentage breakdown of early voting locations in Knox County. The top dog, with 27 % of early voting being done at our "Bearden" location, and the second highest with 19% of early voting done at East Town Mall. Bearden is a pretty evenly divided area of town, but driving around you get the impression that it leans Kerry from the amount of yard signs and bumper stickers showing K/E support. East Town Mall is definitely in the center of Democrat territory in this town. The LOWEST turnout by percentage in early voting was at the Farragut Town Hall location, with something like 12%, this is the West Knox location, nestled in the heart of suburban K-town, where Bushies drive their SUVs to and from their 1/2 acre lots and 200,000k homes.
Voter turnout has always traditionally favored the Democratic candidate. If this holds true this time around, massive voter turnout will push us over! Our voter registration drives only mean something if we get the people we registered out to vote! If you are not actively involved with GOTV efforts by your local campaign office, DO SO NOW! It's easy! Just give up 2-4 hours of your time this week and next and stop by the local office and chip in on phone banking! You'll be calling people that are likely Kerry Voters and just politely reminding them how important it is to vote and providing information on their early voting locations. IT'S SO EASY and the campaign offices all over the state need your help to get this done! In some locations they can even set you up so you can access call lists and scripts from home!!! How much easier could it be to spend 2-4 hours each week over the next 12 days to do what you can to ensure a Kerry/Edwards victory!?!
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