[dblshot]

I wouldn't get too excited about Dems not registering. In 2008 they had a primary to vote in. This year they really didn't have one so why register? OTOH, they didn't get much enthusiasm built up for an eventual primary winner. Pretty much humdrum stuff. What can Obama say that is new and exciting? I need more time isn't an anthem to go “Forward” with. I expect that a lot of Dems will not bother to drag themselves to the polls unless the unions pick them up in a van and make it really easy.

[Venturer]

The 490,000 that failed to register, will probably vote though, whether they show up for it or not. This will probably be the most fraudulent election in history.

[ScaniaBoy]

But then you have the figures Freeper LS have reported on, the requests for absentee ballots in Ohio. In 2008 it was a large lead for the Democrats, but this lead is being eroded and in many cases overturned. Still a slight overall lead for the Dims, but given the trend it is not impossible that the GOP will go into the polling day with a lead. And this in the hotly contested swing state Ohio!

[Mr. Bird]

I think you are misreading this, or I am. This says the number of registered Dems in Ohio is 490k below that of 2008. You don’t register for every election, you register once. This means that 490k people either changed their affiliation, left the state, or died. I think.

[SharpRightTurn]

“I expect that a lot of Dems will not bother to drag themselves to the polls unless the unions pick them up in a van and make it really easy.”

And by handing out cartons of cigarettes, bottles of Ripple, and/or upgraded ObummerPhones.

[zt1053]

I registered to vote 18 years ago. Since then I have voted on a regular basis and do not need to re-register. That is what they measure registration by