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Its still pretty early to gauge but man, its nice to see this kind of turnout...........
North Carolina is tallying their Early Voting numbers, and so far, NC Democrats are crushing the GOP with massive leads. Apparently, when you try to keep seniors, people of color, and poor people from voting and NC Republicans passed one of the worst voter ID laws in America last year those people and their allies get really angry and start turning out in droves. Thank you, Republicans. Early Voting began on October 15, and WNCN reports 386,411 voters nearly 400,000 have cast their ballots so far. Of those, a whopping 148,001 ballots came from registered Democrats, as opposed to a far less impressive 88,900 from registered Republicans.
In an update, WCNC reports Democrats have long enjoyed an advantage in Early Voting, but add that this years turnout is unusually high. Political science professor and analyst Dr. Michael Bitzer adds that, so far, years midterm election turnout feels more like what youd see during a presidential election year.
Of course, Democrats need to get out the vote on Election Day before popping the corks off the champagne bottles. But so far, things look great for our side of the aisle.
WCNC reports on Early Voting in NC.Heres the video with WCNCs report on NC Democrats crushing the GOP with their massive lead in Early Voting despite all of the GOPs vote rigging and vote blocking.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/10/27/early-voting-nc-democrats-crushing-gop-despite-vote-rigging-video/
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Republicans don't vote early. They don't believe in it.
Warpy
(111,116 posts)he'd have said so in plain English in the bible.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Republicans never have voted early overwhelmingly. Why would 2014 be any different?
blm
(113,003 posts)Check out his FB page.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)babylonsister
(171,029 posts)Warpy
(111,116 posts)but they'll be back. The preachers will make sure of it.
I will be shocked and delighted if Virginia Foxx is swept out of office by the prevailing (although temporary) disgust at Republicans, but I'm not holding my breath there. I know that part of the state all too well.
jmowreader
(50,524 posts)NC's Republican congress-critters (with the very slightly possible exception of Howard Coble) are all fairly hideous, but those three take the cake.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)needed to be gone "long time ago." Hideous person.
A really Good Dem tried to knock her off with a Grass Roots Campaign last time she ran and I donated to him even though I'm not near her District. He was on the Progressive Dem e-mail list. That's how I found out about him. He wasn't successful but he sent me a personally written note with a real Postage Stamp "Thanking Me" for my contribution. You don't see much of that, anymore, unless you are a huge donor. I gave him only $50.00 and he took the time to do that.
I've read she has more money for her campaigns than any other Repub Candidate in NC. It figures.... She's always appearing with the Repub Leadership in Photo Ops which means she's got top influential backers since she comes from a very poor District in NC.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)They have played their trump card on voter id, we still have the numbers. Saw a report about the non citizens voting, it will be their next trick. The voters fraud I have seem so far is Republicans, guess it is okay for them to commit fraud. Go, NC. Great news
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Cha
(296,726 posts)Vote 2014!
blm
(113,003 posts)Looking forward to tomorrow.
Hekate
(90,517 posts)Fingers crossed that the vote counting is honest, if you know what I mean. Good news, though. Thanks
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)It seems to me to have potential both for breaking the secrecy of the ballot, and to influence the ongoing voting. Why is there are rule about not publishing exit polls until voting has closed in the area they're from, when information like this gives the same kind of idea?
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)by Corporations with a 1%'ers agenda.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)Every other is a woman
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,529 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)for a Mid-Term the crowds were large.
appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)The graphic is cool.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)I'm so fucking sick of the Repubicans and I'm shocked that so many Americans are suckering for their stupidity this election cycle.
Sorry, I feel just a little better now. Thanks - just needed to vent a bit.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)we outnumber them by a long shot...that is why big turnouts favor us.....all we have to do is SHOW UP!!!
Triana
(22,666 posts)littlewolf
(3,813 posts)and at 9:00 am there were 777 votes.
and we live in a small area.
District 1. Congressman Butterfield.
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)I hope it continues to go well for the Democrats. I spent a large part of my life in NC, and I hate the way the Greedy Bastard RepubliCons have screwed the people and worked hard to make it a Koch-sucking tea party mess. Keep working diligently Dems!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)NC is one race we seem to be staking the bank on.