Local Election: More Dems then Pubs Turn Out To Vote

The Cornwall Local Online ^ | 2/9/2008 | Unknown

[ventana]

FLASH: More Dems than Republicans voted in Cornwall on Feb. 5

There were 1063 people who voted in the Democratic presidential primary in Cornwall on Tuesday, and 990 who voted in the Republican primary. It was likely the first time that any election in Cornwall brought out more Democratic voters than Republican. (Cornwall has 3070 registered Republicans and 2340 registered Democrats.)

"It's a historic election," says Arthur Davidson, chair of the Cornwall Democratic Committee. "This has never happened before. An African-American running for the Democratic nomination for president..and a woman... If this doesn't get you excited about politics, nothing would."

[ventana]

Uninspired votes count just as much. Hmmm...that is an interesting perspective! V's wife.

[ventana]

Well, it is exciting from an historic point of view. We might think it were a lot more historic if that candidate were Condi, or someone with whom we shared beliefs. V’s wife.

[Drew68]

What do you expect? This is New York.

It's been like this all across the nation --even many "red" regions. Democrat primary voters are coming out in droves. Republican primary voters are staying home.

[LdSentinal]

You expect that when one nomination is contested and the other is not.

1988.