Ventura Co. Registration Drive Paying off

[Capn Sunshine]

Latest figures: we're beating their new registrations 5 to 1!
DFA is definitely a factor; it's all we're doing.

Since the close of registration prior to the March primary, 9,781 new voters have been added to registration rolls in Ventura County. Among those new registrations, there is a stunning trend: There are nearly 5 times as many new Democrats as new Republicans — 5,570 Democrats, 1,184 Republicans and 3,186 nonpartisans.

The new registrations have cut the Republicans' lead in the county from more than 16,000 to less than 12,000 — about the same differential that existed just before the 2000 presidential election, when George W. Bush beat Al Gore in the county by 1 percentage point.

[catzies]

1. YEA! The Dems' booth at the Couny Fair did gangbusters business!

:bounce:

And C.A.U.S.E (Coastal Alliance United for a Strong Economy) has kicked off a South Oxnard Voter Project that will be very important in that community.

For those who don't know, Oxnard is a "Tale of Two Cities" where the north and south sides of town have very different demographics in ethnicity and income: north is white and well-off, and south, well, isn't. (That's the Reader's Digest version, anyway.)

We have lots of work to do, and voter rgistration is an important component, but the GOTV effort will be crucial.

:thumbsup: to you, Capn Sunshine. :hi:

[lwin]

2. re:

It's very good news. I think we have a real chance to turn the numbers in Ventura County.

[catzies]

3. Welcome tu DU, lwin!

:hi:

[lwin]

4. Hi Catzies

Thanks for the welcome! I was surprised, but pleased, to see the VC threads.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi lwin!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: