Stats of the Day

by: Jason Springer

Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 05:31:27 PM EDT

Courtesy of a NJ Democratic State Committee Press Release:

This year, we have 556,000 newly-registered Democratic voters; an unprecedented surge fueled by anti-Bush sentiment, pro-Democrat support, Obama enthusiasm, young voters and the growing recognition of the importance of the election.
The partisan advantage in New Jersey is now totals 1.6 million Democrats to less than 1 million Republicans. Last year, the party split was 1 million Democrats to 830,000 Republicans.
Democrats now have the voter-registration advantage in 15 counties to 6 counties for the GOP. Last year, the split was 11 to 10 in favor of Democrats
The ongoing ratio of new party registrations is Three To One in favor of Democrats.

Let's hope these numbers help candidates up and down the ballot on Election Day.

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15 counties down (0.00 / 0)

Let's make sure we do two things this campaign season and beyond November: 1) work hard to make strong gains in those counties that have just flipped to a Democratic registration advantage and 2) work hard to spread our message and use creative outreach to turn those other six counties blue!

by: Brian McGinnis @ Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 21:33:27 PM UTC

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i fear... (4.00 / 1)

...i fear that folks will read these impressive numbers and get complacent or assume that this is gonna be easy or something.

it's NOT gonna be easy. i don't care how many natural advantages progressives have this season.

So stats can give me some solace and help with the tea leaves. But statistics don't vote. they don't volunteer and they don't donate money.

people do.

activist for hire.

by: Jay Lassiter @ Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 03:27:17 AM UTC

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Which counties? (0.00 / 0)

do Republicans still have an advantage? I'd guess warren, sussex, burlington...not sure about the others. Cumberland? Hudson?

Ok, I almost got that with a straight face.

by: Thurman Hart @ Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 21:47:19 PM UTC

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Definitely Ocean, and probably Cape May as well. I'd also guess Atlantic.

by: Brian McGinnis @ Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 22:21:23 PM UTC

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We've had an advantage in Atlantic for a while. (3.50 / 2)

The six are:
Cape May (14,042-27,475)
Hunterdon (17,335-32,633)
Morris (69,267-110,139)
Ocean (78,186-99,795)
Sussex (15,915-36,327)
Warren (14,324-22,790)

by: Creed Pogue @ Sat Oct 11, 2008 at 23:23:00 PM UTC

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