Ace @ Ace of Spades HQ:
Oh, right. Romney’s good at the ground game.
Forgot about that.
In five battleground states the for which the Globe was able to analyze registration data, Democratic registration increased by 39,580 voters, while Republican registration increased by 145,085.
The Democrats contend that they did such a great job of signing up Democrats in 2008 that there aren’t many unregistered ones to sign up. Okay, maybe. But at least we’re cutting into that.
Now there’s also de-registering from a party.
Are Obama’s voters happy with their current registration?
The Globe cited a study released earlier this week by Third Way, a left-leaning think tank, that showed Democratic registration down 800,000 people in eight battleground states and Republican registration down by 80,000 in those same states. Independent registration, on the other hand, has grown by nearly half a million voters in those states.
We lost 80,000; they lost 800,000. The swell of independents almost certainly came from Democratic ranks.
Does that surprise you, Mitt Romney?
From your mouth to God’s ear, Curt.
MoveOn.Org has begun an egregious and pushy Democrat registration scheme.
First, they ignore deaths, marriages, moving aways.
They send voter registration forms to old and bad addresses.
Then they follow up with calls and visits DEMANDING the individuals fill out the form.
Repubs. shouldn’t get too cocky. Ohio Atty. Gen.(R) has mandated ALL polling booths keep the same hours of operation.This will help big city voters W won Ohio in 2000 and 2004(100,000 plurality),BHO in 2008. This state’s winner will be POTUS.
Deregistration? Are those the people who have been purged from the registration rolls, or people who have taken some action themselves? I’ve never heard the term used in this context before.
This coupled with Republican efforts to disenfranchise people that are most likely to vote Democratic.
@Liberal1 (objectivity):
That you buy that rhetoric shows how UNobjective you are, Lib1. This is one of the liberal/progressive’s big Goebbel’s style lies, and told so often that people are buying it, even as it isn’t true.
@Nan G:…
If we were smart, we’d do the same thing.