Democrats Hold Early Voting Advantage Over Republicans
By John McCormick - Oct 29, 2012 12:00 AM ET.
In two of the most competitive states in the U.S. presidential race -- Iowa and Nevada -- Democrats are building a significant advantage in early voting.
Who has the edge is more muddled in the bigger swing states of Ohio and Florida, while Republicans have a narrow lead in Colorado. Early, in-person voting started in Florida over the weekend and dozens of Democrats in Tallahassee yesterday marched five blocks from a church to an early-voting site chanting, “Vote early.”
Almost 14 million people have already cast ballots nationwide, according to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Both parties are spinning their versions of what the turnout means, as they seek to project momentum in a contest where more than a third of the nation’s vote is likely to be cast before the Nov. 6 election.
“The data are confirming what we are seeing in the polling, which is that these state races are going to be narrower than in 2008,” said Michael McDonald, a professor at George Mason who studies early voting.
In Iowa, more than 423,000 people had cast ballots through Oct. 25, according to the Iowa secretary of state’s office. That would represent 27 percent of the total vote, if as many people vote this year as did in 2008. Registered Democrats have cast 45.4 percent of the ballots so far, compared to 31.9 percent for Republicans and 22.6 percent for independents.
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