The Election is over. Obama won. just released his numbers

[Mr swag]

why we even having debates anymore

Some interesting stats from a memo put out today by Jeremy Bird (pdf):

Iowa: We lead in vote-by-mail ballots cast, in-person early voting, total voting and total ballots requested. We also lead by a wider margin than we did at this point in 2008 in both ballots requested and ballots cast.
Ohio: We lead in ballots requested and ballots cast and are ahead of where we were at this time against John McCain.
Florida: At this point in 2008, Republicans outnumbered Democrats among absentee mail voters by more than 245,000. This year, Democrats have cut that margin to just 70,000 – an improvement of 175,000.
Nevada: At this point in 2008, Republicans outnumbered Democrats in absentee ballot requests by more than 8,000. This year, Democrats are in the lead.
North Carolina: At this point in 2008, Republicans outnumbered Democrats in absentee ballot requests by more than 39,000. Today, that margin is down to less than 34,000.
At this point in 2008, Republicans had an absentee ballot request advantage of 259,000 ballot requests in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina and Nevada. In 2012, Democrats have cut that margin by 75 percent to just 64,000.
OFA has also been highly effective at registering Latinos in the swing states, a demographic that leans heavily Democratic. They've been especially effective registering young Latinos. In fact, in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, 79% or more of the new registrations since August 1st have been under age 30, women, African American or Latino.

With regard to early voting, nearly twice as many Democrats requested early voting ballots than Republicans in Iowa and they are ahead of where they were in 2008. In Ohio, the lead in ballots requested and in number of ballots already cast, too.

Finally, by this point in 2008, Republican requests for early ballots had outpaced Democrats by 259,000. The gap this year? Only 64,000.

Messina told a story about a Neighborhood Team Leader in Ohio who told him she had been working for OFA in her community for so long that she knows who the new voters are, where the reliable Dem voters are and which Democrats need to be reminded to vote. Her counterpart in the Romney campaign just arrived on the scene a few weeks ago.

Mitt Romney is counting on blanketing the airwaves with millions of dollars' worth of anti-Obama ads between now and November 6th. None of that will matter however, if OFA is as effective this year as they were in 2008. They have the advantage in terms of registered voters as well as those who vote early. Don't forget: an early voter isn't susceptible to last-ditch efforts to smear the President.

dude blew mccain out and now added 2.4 milly new votes not including the party switches and independents

 

[Darts]

Now all he needs to do, is put more energy in his performances to get those voters motivated. No more of that sleepwalking b.s. he did at the debates.

 

[Fillerguy]

breh

 

[TRUEST]

if its true, they shouldn't have released it this early. cause these racist republicans will go hard trying to register their people.

 

[Slystallion]

the democrat registrations always are higher than republican registrations but a lot of them don't vote
thats why likely voter polls are more accurate

your also not counting democrats who vote democrat locally but will vote for a republican president if they want too

i'm going to bookmark this thread haha for the potential Election Day upping

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

the democrat registrations always are higher than republican registrations but a lot of them don't vote
thats why likely voter polls are more accurate

your also not counting democrats who vote democrat locally but will vote for a republican president if they want too

i'm going to bookmark this thread haha for the potential Election Day upping

But what will you do when Obama wins... Again?

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[Chris.B]

The are more debates to go....

if Obama comes across as a b!tch he loses.

 

[Loose]

But what will you do when Obama wins... Again?

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[Mr swag]

the democrat registrations always are higher than republican registrations but a lot of them don't vote
thats why likely voter polls are more accurate

your also not counting democrats who vote democrat locally but will vote for a republican president if they want too

i'm going to bookmark this thread haha for the potential Election Day upping

so your saying 2.4 million new voters over the GOP went out there way to sign up with ZERO intentions of voting

OR

that they signed up as democrat to vote for romney?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This election has been in the bag for Obama. It's just that lopsided races don't make for good ratings so the media likes to play up on any weaknesses the leading candidate may have. If they just came out and said "Obama's going to win" then nobody would watch their shows.

 

[Slystallion]

But what will you do when Obama wins... Again?

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Keep doing what i'm doing...Obama hasn't derailed my life the past 4 years so i don't see that changing

Regardless of who wins and i've said this before i'm in charge of my success or failures

at some point this is almost entertainment like rooting for the giants or the yankees

There is potential that the venture i'm doing next could be hurt by a Romney Ryan presidency if they knock out deduction loopholes but i'm sure the benefits to the country will be worth it and i'll still do well enough regardless in that industry unless the tax code radically changes which regardless of wins...will not

at worst or best we may see a 3% increase or decrease on top marginal rate which affects maybe 1 or 2 people who post here and there could be job ramifications in either direction depending on where it goes...but for crying out loud 3% is 3% Bill Clinton raised taxes by about 10% top marginal rate and still didn't derail the tech boom of the 90s

Presidents and government aren't the main factors in the economy they can help or derail movements but it comes from the people and we've had a pretty capitalistic system in place for quite some time

so no nobody should panic about this stuff

 

[Chris.B]

Keep doing what i'm doing...Obama hasn't derailed my life the past 4 years so i don't see that changing

Regardless of who wins and i've said this before i'm in charge of my success or failures

at some point this is almost entertainment like rooting for the giants or the yankees

There is potential that the venture i'm doing next could be hurt by a Romney Ryan presidency if they knock out deduction loopholes but i'm sure the benefits to the country will be worth it and i'll still do well enough regardless in that industry unless the tax code radically changes which regardless of wins...will not

at worst or best we may see a 3% increase or decrease on top marginal rate which affects maybe 1 or 2 people who post here and there could be job ramifications in either direction depending on where it goes...but for crying out loud 3% is 3% Bill Clinton raised taxes by about 10% top marginal rate and still didn't derail the tech boom of the 90s

Presidents and government aren't the main factors in the economy they can help or derail movements but it comes from the people and we've had a pretty capitalistic system in place for quite some time

so no nobody should panic about this stuff

Who wins the election? I want to get you on record.....

 

[porque]

so just more Democrats to stay home this election than others

if Democrats voted this country would be in better shape(but we still need real Republicans to keep spending down)

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

The are more debates to go....

if Obama comes across as a b!tch he loses.

Look at the electoral map. Nothing short of a full-blown Watergate type scandal will lose the election for Obama. Yall are overrating the fukk out of these debates. Romney is at his ceiling right now and he will still lose if the election is held today. Maybe a lot of yall are young or haven't been following politics long. Are we gonna act like Kerry didn't mop the floor with Bush for 2 out of 3 debates and still lose?

 

[Luchini]

Okay this doesn't mean shyt. Please keep in mind that Obama's campaign mostly operates on the ground, they do a lot of canvassing, phone-banking etc whereas Romney's campaign doesn't or if they do it's very minimal so yes the Dems have registered more people but I volunteer with FL OFA and have registered several voters who have said to my face they're voting for Romney and I can't turn them away.