One of our saving graces this year might be the increase in early voting. I was watching MSNBC this morning and they were suggesting that early voting helps the Republicans because they tend to vote early more often than Democrats and they have more enthusiasm. That’s nonsense. The bigger the electorate, the better it is for Democrats. This is never more true than when the Democrats are polling even or ahead among registered voters but trailing among likely voters. The more time we have to get our voters to the polls, the better. As for the enthusiasm gap, it isn’t showing up in Iowa and Ohio, where Democrats are requesting a lot more early ballots than Republicans. That’s probably a result of our superior organization (OFA).
So, while TIME is predicting armageddon for the Democrats in Ohio, they are assuming that all the votes cast will be cast on November 2nd. In reality, the voting has been going on for more than a week and the Democrats are currently casting more votes.
You can help call voters in early-voting states by signing up with Organizing for America. Please do it. We need to win this election through superior intelligence and hardwork, because we are outgunned on the airwaves and in the media.
We’re closing, but voters voted early, so they can change their minds, but they can’t take back that Teabagger vote.
I always vote on Election Day, unless I expect to be out of town. You never know what will happen in the final days of a campaign.
Feingold’s campaign is starting to push the early voting, I can vote at the county clerk’s office about a mile away.
Considering the population density in Chicog is ~6 people per square mile, that aint bad.
Early voting is a godsend to those of us in OFA working to get out the vote. We carefully track every expected Democrat vote and we can pester the committed voters (especially college students) every day for two weeks until they get their asses to an early voting site. The registrar of voters tell all interested parties exactly who early-voted each day so we can take them off of the list. That leaves us with all of our resources available on election day to drag the few stragglers to the polls personally if necessary.
I prefer early voting anyway because I can do it with no waiting at any of several shopping centers or grocery stores around town, when on election day I can only go to my designated voting site (a High School nearby.)
But everyone should definitely get involved. You’ll meet some great people who automatically have alot in common with you and you’ll have a great time doing it.