Bad News Barry: Dem Registration Down 800,000 in Key Swing States

Scotty Starnes posted: "Time for Obama and the Democrats to hurry up and get the dead and illegals to register to vote, early and often. From Politico: A new report on voter registration trends finds that Democratic voter registration is down by more than 800,000 since 2008 " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog Bad News Barry: Dem Registration Down 800,000 in Key Swing States by Scotty Starnes Time for Obama and the Democrats to hurry up and get the dead and illegals to register to vote, early and often. From Politico: A new report on voter registration trends finds that Democratic voter registration is down by more than 800,000 since 2008 in eight key battleground states. GOP registration has also declined — but by only 79,000, a tenth of the Democrats' losses. Meanwhile, registered independents are on the rise, increasing their numbers in those states by nearly half-a-million. The analysis, conducted by centrist Democratic think tank Third Way and appearing first in POLITICO, points to the critical role independent voters will play in determining the presidential outcome in some of the most competitive states on the 2012 map — Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The biggest independent gains came in North Carolina, the site of the Democratic National Convention this year and a state that was decided by less 15,000 votes in 2008. While both major parties lost ground there in the four years since then, Democrats have been especially hard hit: Registration fell by 116,662 (–4.1 percent), compared to a GOP decline of 13,017 (­­­-0.7%). Continue reading>>> Scotty Starnes | August 15, 2012 at 8:17 PM | Tags: Democrats, Independents, voter registration | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-7Ou Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/bad-news-barry-dem-registration-down-800000-in-key-swing-states/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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