Comments on: Gearing Up For Election Day Voting

By: Kim->CommunityRadar.com

Kim->CommunityRadar.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:42:10 +0000

I think the hysteria about the turnout caused a large percentage of folks to vote early. Call it the MAD factor (Media Anxiety Disorder) : )

I, too, like voting on E-day in my precinct because I get to share the experience with my son and see my neighbors, etc.

They say all politics is local (Tip O’Neil?) and I prefer to keep that way! I was at the polls at 7am and was on my way to jury duty by 7:50am. I saw 4 of my neighbors, cast my votes (not multiple, just one for each office/item!), got my sticker and left with a light heart.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:36:19 +0000

Is that 80% prediction INCLUDING ACORN registrants? LOL!

I figure Decatur will be about 95/5 split…

Kumbaya y’all!

By: KC

KC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:24 +0000

Awesome information, Decaturguy. Thanks for providing the stats and link to the source!

By: Decaturguy

Decaturguy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:27:20 +0000

I don’t know about Dekalb in particular, but in Georgia as a whole, 2,020,839 people have voted early this year either via early voting or absentee ballot. The total turnout overall in 2004 was only 3,317,336 total. So turnout is already 61% of the people who voted in the 2004 Presidential election. Really amazing if you think about it.

In 2004, only 20% of the overall turnout was done via early voting or absentee votes (or about 670,102 votes). So early voting and absentee voting is more than 3 times what it was in 2004 for the last Presidential election.

http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html

By: CSD Mom

CSD Mom — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:16:48 +0000

Is the turnout for early voting already greater than the average or past turnout for the whole county (Dekalb)?