I’m in Columbus. Yesterday was the 4th day in a row that Dems were pounding on my door campaigning for their candidates. (I disinfected the door after they left.)
In each case, they had my name and address from the Board of Elections on a hard copy print-out or on a Blackberry. And two of them asked me very nosy questions about my neighbors’ politics. Of course, I refused to answer. (Those two canvassers were working on behalf of organized labor.) It’s rather disturbing when a total stranger arrives on your doorstep and knows your name and wants to know your and your neighbors’ politics.
Anyway, the point of the story is that there has yet to be any GOP canvassers at my door. This was also the case in 2004, and Kerry won the once Republican stronghold of Franklin County.
I just hope that the McCain/Palin campaign is not relying on the incompetent Ohio Republican Party — which is still controlled by the liberal Bob Taft faction and which sabotaged Ken Blackwell’s gubernatorial campaign — to organize neighborhood canvassing efforts or any other significant campaign activity.
Just as depressing as I thought. I e-mailed to McCain and expressed my concern for this problem in Ohio. I got no reply.
A majority of Ohio voters would prefer McCain. However, the Dems have moved a lot of “their people” from the Red and Blue states into Purple (or battleground) states. They get them registered at an address of a Dem sympathizer, and can vote via absentee in Ohio. Can mail in application for absentee ballot and receive a ballot to mail back in. It just begs for “fraud” to occur. However, I am told this practice is “legal” if they don’t also vote in their home states. If this practice is widespread enough, it could tilt the end result.