Posted on 02/01/2016 2:57:25 PM PST by Helicondelta
GOP front-runner Donald Trump may have played a significant role in breaking recent precedent strongly connected to President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign.
And it could catapult him to victory in Monday's Iowa caucuses.
Between January 4 and February 1, 3,651 Iowans registered as Republicans ahead of the caucuses, according to data released Monday by the Iowa secretary of state's office.
That beat the previous high-water mark of new-voter registration between the same period during the past three election cycles, which came during then-Sen. Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. That year, 3,262 voters registered as Democrats over the same timeframe.
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the number of those voting last time was about 120,000 of say 625,000 or about 20 % of those eligible
3600 new guys is three percent of the 120,000
that’ s a lot in a tight race
And the winner had something over 120,000 total votes
statewide out of something around 625,000 registered.
Franklin Graham was in Iowa on January 5 urging Christians to pray, vote, and run for local offices. I would not be surprised if the Decision America rally inspired new voter registrations.
And the winner had something over 120,000 total votes
statewide out of something around 625,000 registered.
Correction:
should be
and the GOP statewide had something over 120,000 total votes
A favorite of the media is to take a picture of the seats early, before most of the audience has arrived. ... Or in a longer event, there will be a bathroom break in the middle of the event. That’s when they take the photo and spread the propaganda.
The media consciously tries to demoralize one side and motivate another side.
The media also loves the surprise non-scandal. A month before the 1988 caucus, Jeff Greenfield told me that we..the media... were saving a surprise to hit Pat Robertson and knock him out of the Caucuses.
So the weekend before the Caucus the headlines hit on newspapers, TV and radio: Pat Robertson caught in sex scandal. The headlines totally demoralized the evangelicals and pro-lifers backing the preacher.
So what was the scandal? Pat Robertson Jr, now middle aged, was born only 8 months after the wedding scores of years earlier.
They are democrats registering for Trump,and will revert to Hillary in the fall
Trump wreck. Now go stand in the corner.
Yep, grassroots matter.
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