Your liberal media in action

To be fair.... (4.00 / 1)

after the Obama/Clinton primary Democratic registration numbers really jumped, before then it really was fairly close.  

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by: Matthew Jordan @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 12:25:55 PM UTC

Hopeful's right (4.00 / 1)

1.2 million v. 800,000 really wasn't that close either.

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by: Creed Pogue @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 12:35:48 PM UTC

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Do not forget (0.00 / 0)

The ratio of "D" to "R" to Independent is important.

In 2008 Indies were about 2.5 miillion, in 2004 they were 2.9 million, those 4 million indies are now mostly dem voters, while 3 million new dems were added. While the repubs added about 200k new.

Obviously NJ is trending Blue.

Check out my 3 paragraph primer on Polywell Fusion.

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by: FogerRox @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 18:41:50 PM UTC

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Over the years (0.00 / 0)

2008
Democrats: 33.3% of registered voters
Republicans: 19.7%
Difference: 13.6%

2007
D: 24.3%
R: 18.2%
Diff: 6.0%

2006
D: 23.7%
R: 18.3%
Diff: 5.3%

2005
D: 23.9%
R: 18.5%
Diff: 5.4%

2004
D: 23.2%
R: 17.7%
Diff: 5.6%

Conclusion: The Democrat registration advantage did rise sharply in 2008 as Matthew Jordan alleges, but it existed in a smaller sense in previous years. Whether the difference is "nearly equal" is a matter of perspective.

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by: DSDan @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 12:54:56 PM UTC

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Try again (0.00 / 0)

not even close.

Check out my 3 paragraph primer on Polywell Fusion.

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by: FogerRox @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 18:28:41 PM UTC

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And what's their conclusion? (0.00 / 0)

It's not a solidly Democratic State? Because, I think most people think it is, even Republicans.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

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by: Jersey Shore John @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 12:48:18 PM UTC

Location (0.00 / 0)

I don't know if there was a conclusion--it was a single sentence in the last third of the article.

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by: DSDan @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 13:03:14 PM UTC

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Good catch Hopeful (0.00 / 0)

That line really bugged me when I read the article.

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by: Jeff Gardner @ Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 22:04:32 PM UTC