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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 11:25 AM
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In FL, New Dem Voter Registration Outpacing New Rethug Registration By 43 Percent!
http://mydd.com/2010/1/12/dem-registration-edge-in-florida-growing

Dem Registration Edge in Florida Growing

by Jonathan Singer, Tue Jan 12, 2010 at 01:52:16 AM EST

Considering how toxic the political environment supposedly is for the Democrats, it might come as a surprise to find that in the key swing state of Florida -- which hosts an open seat Senate election this year -- new Democratic voter registration is outpacing new Republican voter registration by 43 percent.



Here's more, from a memo released this week by the Florida Democratic Party (.pdf):

Over the course of 2009, Floridians continued to join the Democratic Party in record numbers, ending the year with Democrats having a nearly 800,000 person voter registration advantage. According to the Florida Division of Election data, by registering 144,468 new voters last year, Democrats widened our advantage by 43,443 voters in 2009. As Democrats continued to out register Republicans every month since the 2008 election, this voter registration gap will continue to be a major advantage for Florida Democrats in 2010 and beyond.


Somehow, I'm sure, these numbers are good for the Republicans, who are on defense in the open seat Senate election and are further embroiled in a divisive primary to decide just who they will put forward as their nominee.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 11:28 AM
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1. It's a divisive primary, true, but it's also a particularly newsworthy one.
Everybody here already knows Crist, but if Marco Rubio wins, the primary probably did a lot more good than harm for him, as he wasn't exactly a well-known figure outside of political circles. Also, all the news of the primary serves to mute the coverage of the Democratic challenger, Kendrick Meek.

Still, the registration numbers are definitely good news for Dems.
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Don Caballero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 12:10 PM
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2. Yes!
This is great news. The Repugs are dead in the water. We are going to win in 2010.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 09:36 PM
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3. Kick for good newz. nt
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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 10:09 PM
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4. Don't get excited. The D's registrations in FL far outpaced R's in 2000-2004 yet for "some reason"
Edited on Tue Jan-12-10 10:39 PM by lostnfound
there were large numbers of people in FL who voted for Gore in 2000 who then "voted" for Bush in 2004.

This was somewhat dependent upon the type of central tabulators used, however.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 10:18 PM
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5. Good news!
:kick:
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southernyankeebelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 10:25 PM
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6. We all need to keep in mind how the so called liberal MSM doesn't seem to help
democratics. All you hear is how much the democratics are going to lose big time in 2010. I don't believe it. Remember Hillary was suppose to be the winner in the primary.
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