From the oops, never mind dept.:
in the counties where Kerry won more than 50 percent of the vote in 2004, 71,466 new voters have registered.
In counties where Kerry won between 40 percent and 50 percent of the vote, 104,805 new voters have registered.
And in counties where Kerry won less than 40 percent of the vote – Bush country – an eye-opening 109,243 new voters have registered.
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in 2004, the DC suburbs in Northern Virginia accounted for 32.4 percent of all registered voters in the state; now, that same area accounts for 32.8 percent of the state’s registered voters.
Filed under: 2008 Elections, National Politics, Virginia Politics
for those of us who miss the obvious, what does this mean? That they are likely anti-Obama or anti-McCain?
What it says is the growth in NOVA is grossly exaggerated and one would think that this should benefit McCain.
On travel next week, had to vote early here in Fairfax County.
Afraid I had to vote against The Spreader…