Comments on: Scott Kennedy Breaks Down the Early Voting Numbers http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/10/26/scott-kennedy-breaks-down-the-early-voting-numbers/ Illinois, From Misery Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich O http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/10/26/scott-kennedy-breaks-down-the-early-voting-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-18462 Rich O Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:43:49 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10624#comment-18462 I'm a purist- Election Day is like patriotic Christmas for me. There are few things that make me as happy as voting. I don't unwrap my presents until after breakfast on Christmas Day, I don't vote until Election Day. And just like Christmas, sometimes I don't get what I want, sometimes the present that seems great turns out bad, and sometimes I get something great. So that's 1 vote that will be cast 11/4 I’m a purist- Election Day is like patriotic Christmas for me. There are few things that make me as happy as voting. I don’t unwrap my presents until after breakfast on Christmas Day, I don’t vote until Election Day.

And just like Christmas, sometimes I don’t get what I want, sometimes the present that seems great turns out bad, and sometimes I get something great.

So that’s 1 vote that will be cast 11/4

]]> By: leo http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/10/26/scott-kennedy-breaks-down-the-early-voting-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-18461 leo Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:23:37 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10624#comment-18461 Did early voting on Saturday. There were a ton of people waiting in line. I really wonder if anyone's going to be left to vote on 11/4. Did early voting on Saturday. There were a ton of people waiting in line.

I really wonder if anyone’s going to be left to vote on 11/4.

]]> By: Nicholas Beaudrot http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/10/26/scott-kennedy-breaks-down-the-early-voting-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-18453 Nicholas Beaudrot Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:46:53 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=10624#comment-18453 Um, not really, no. African-Americans made up 11% of the electorate based on the 2004 exit poll. They account for 12.8% of the population. If you control for things like education, urban/rural residence, and the higher likelihood that black men are disenfranchised as ex-convicts, they're slightly more likely to vote. GMU has a nice site you can use to track this: http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html I really have no way of interpreting these figures, because i have no idea how to figure out if they're just moving election-day voters forwrad or getting new voters. Um, not really, no. African-Americans made up 11% of the electorate based on the 2004 exit poll. They account for 12.8% of the population. If you control for things like education, urban/rural residence, and the higher likelihood that black men are disenfranchised as ex-convicts, they’re slightly more likely to vote.

GMU has a nice site you can use to track this: http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html

I really have no way of interpreting these figures, because i have no idea how to figure out if they’re just moving election-day voters forwrad or getting new voters.

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