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Monday, August 02, 2004
Precinct Level Voting, Turnout and Demographic Data
Posted by Chris BowersFairplan 2000 is a remakrable website that offers uniquely detailed data on the 2000 election and on current demographics. It is a must view for anyone interested in local, targeted voter registration and get out the vote drives. Hell, the information is so amazing, that there is almost no limit to its potential poilitical use.
For example, here is my neighborhood, which you can tell did not turnout to vote in a particuarly higher percentage in 2000, even though it went well over 75% for Gore. That is the story of the Democratic Party around the country, I guess.
This is exactly the sort of tool that self-starting swing state activists activists need.
Posted at 12:15 PM in Activism | Technorati
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Posted by: reader at August 2, 2004 01:54 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
I think we need to find a way to get the word out in Florida to vote Absentee. The GOP are already sending out fliers (ironic they are bad mouthing the Electronic Machines as well). This helped Emperor W make the election as close as it was. He started the day with a 20,000 vote advantage. This will also help to curtail some of the illegal tricks Jeb, Harris and the rest of the Bushies used to steal the election and defraud the people.
Posted by: Michael at August 2, 2004 02:07 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
Is data available across the country, or is it just some information for some areas? And if I can get that info, which links do I follow. I'll be travelling through Oregon in September and wanted to spend a day doing voter registration, but it seems Portland is the only place where there's much data, and even there it doesn't have a breakdown by Gore/Bush voters like the PA map you posted did. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: nussbaumski at August 2, 2004 03:14 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
Here is John Zogby's commentary on his most recent national poll. Very interesting, and a must read! Things look very rosie for us dems. Gotta keep it going! It looks like there will be a bigger turnout than usual and the new voters favor our man strongly.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=849
Posted by: Randy at August 2, 2004 04:57 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
This site lists 26 states, rather than the full comp of 50. They have heavily focused on the South, Southwest, and West, so I assume the idea is "changing demographics for the next century" rather than "areas where Democrats can win in 2004". It isn't a list of swing states per se, as states like Iowa are left out but Texas, for example, is included.
I understand the point of registering Democrats in Texas, as a long-term strategy and to benefit local races. This site may be good for presidential campaigns, or for progressive campaigns in Republican-majority states, but I can't think of a way to use it for races in Democratic-majority states where a progressive challenger wishes to run against a Republican incumbent. Or, to put it more simply: you can't use it in 24 states.
Posted by: senator_shakedown at August 2, 2004 09:49 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
The WV map is very interesting... if ya look at the Bush v Gore data, it's remarkably like a geological map (with Gore winning in the "Coal Measures")... ah... reminds me of the good ole days when people seriously tried to predict elections by soil types... :-)
Oh and the demographic data is availble for all states.
Posted by: Al at August 3, 2004 09:42 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
There is a clever (and free!) resource at www.stopmeshirts.com to help those who want to volunteer to help get out the vote but either cannot find the time or feel uncomfortable approaching people. Hope this helps to swing some voters to get Bush out!
Posted by: SM Shirts at September 15, 2004 12:48 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
My precinct is beet red but that is the case for much of Texas.
Posted by: DFuller at September 15, 2004 09:04 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
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HOW: In person presentation by the founder of the company attempting to package the Swiss election methodologies for use in the United States.
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Seasonal greetings.
Posted by: Butterworth Steven at December 31, 2004 01:58 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment