Romney: Ahead In Ohio Early Voting?
(National Review Online) Romney political director Rich Beeson and Romney Ohio
director Scott Jennings take issue with how [Obama campaign national field
director Jeremy] Bird is calculating that Obama is ahead in early votes.
| The Obama campaign has only offered one metric to back-up their implausible early vote statistics: that Obama ‘08 precincts are turning out more voters than McCain ’08 precincts. |
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Among the flaws in measuring voter turnout this way: redistricting took place
since 2008, so the precincts aren’t even the same, and there are countless
"Obama ‘08 precincts" that are traditionally Republican and will be Romney
precincts in 2012. Turning their faulty argument on its head – if you looked at the early vote based on Kasich precincts vs. Strickland precincts, the GOP has a 10.5% edge. Keep Reading RELATED STORIES |
What really counts is the final count! We kid one another about voting right and voting often, but it surely would be nice if we could vote often enough to win an honest election! I figured most people would wait until November 6 to vote as I plan to do. I hope we aren't really counting our chickens before they hatch. We need to retire Obama to Hawaii or back to Kenya.
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