Comments on: Democrats Boast Massive Voter Registration Advantage

By: Jim S

Jim S — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:38:24 +0000

And notice the t-shirt the volunteer is wearing. Not ACORN.

By: Jim S

Jim S — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:36:30 +0000

Only in the minds of the right wing media is ACORN an absolutely unmitigated source of evil. They do need to clean up a lot of stuff. They have problems that derive largely from not having the bucks for tight oversight of all operations but are nothing like what Tully thinks they are if his sources have been places like Michelle Malkin or the National Review.

By: Tully

Tully — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:33:39 +0000

Itâ€™s still an advantage, even if those newly-registered voters only go to the polls in the same percentages as the rest of the registered voting population.

They won’t, especially if most of them come out of the ACORN vote-mills Obama shelled out $800K for. Prime states to watch will be Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, and Colordao.

By: wj

wj — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:13:30 +0000

It’s still an advantage, even if those newly-registered voters only go to the polls in the same percentages as the rest of the registered voting population. The question is whether they do, and whether the election is close enough that they make a difference to the final results.

My guess: they turn out at a somewhat lower rate than the existing registered voters. But still enough to make a difference in a couple of very close states. Whether those states mean a different result overall — no idea.

By: Stuperb

Stuperb — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:20:35 +0000

This is really encouraging news, and I hope there will be a similar drive to help ensure that these people get to the polls.

One important place to make an effort is on college campuses, where candidate enthusiasm runs high but voter turnout is historically pretty low. This election really could be decided by the “youth” vote if they actually turn out this time.