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Edited on Fri Oct-31-08 09:28 PM by Sancho
Pinellas: 16277 registered Democrats 8128 registered repubs 9537 others
This is a county that was red the last two elections; the densest populated county in Florida. (Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Largo) The election supervisor (Dent) did NOT want to open early voting sites, so the county has very few locations. This is the home town of Gov. Crist (GOP) and elected Senator Young (GOP) repeatedly and houses the RAYS. There is a lot of military in Tampa Bay and also military contractors.
There are about 200,000 absentee ballots outstanding in Pinellas which may mean a delayed report next Tuesday on the winner. The local nickname for St. Pete is "God's waiting room." There is a relatively older population and minority is less that many counties in Florida.
If Pinellas really goes 2:1 blue, then that is a great sign that FL will go blue. ------------------------------------------ Sarasota is also very red. There are more early voters and less absentees. So far, it is almost dead even with: 21434 registered Democrats 21627 registered repubs 10624 others
Sarasota is the county where the machines had hugh undervotes and Christine Jennings lost to Buchannan in a "close" election. Jennings is running again and should win an election that is not manipulated. The election supervisor in Sarasota is terrible - incompetent and a GOP hack.
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