Posted on 09/27/2012 6:54:24 PM PDT by profit_guy
Executive summary: the process is ongoing, and what’s being tracked are absentee/early ballot REQUESTS, not turned-in ballots. So it’s not telling us who’s ahead in Ohio; it’s merely telling us what we know of which party’s members are asking for ballots. In other words, it’s a possible measure of voter enthusiasm in Ohio. So…
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The Tea Parties and Freedomworks, have, as best I can tell, taken over large parts of the walking and calling functions previously done by a presidential campaign. So no need to double up.
Same here (Philly area). And THAT's why I think 0's going to lose. Conservatives are riled up to vote against him but his own side is not so crazy about retaining him. I think the Black vote is going to drop precipitously. I never saw anything like the support Obama experienced in the Black community - I think it was more intense than the Catholic feeling for JFK. That's vanished.
Several times a week I drive through the predominantly (working) Black neighborhood of Germantown/Mt. Airy (in Philadelphia). Its symbol is a rainbow, so lots of white libs, lots of homosexuals among the Black cops and firefighters. The difference in yard and window signs and bumper stickers is stark when compared to 2008. And if you see someone entering or exiting a home with an Obama sign, dollars to doughnuts, it's a white liberal.
Same with virtually all Black North Philly. Last time around, it was wallpapered with Obama signs. This time around, you see the signs of support, but just not to the same degree. Yup, lots of Black folks will be sitting this one out compared to last time.
We found one in a three county area. Plenty of other signs, mostly republican. My favorite is a variation of the “Fire Lugar” sign in the Spring. More words then can be read driving by but ends with Fire Obama. Have seen many of those. Don’t know who is distributing them.
My favorite sign, which amazingly outnumbers both the pro-Obama and pro-Romney signs - are "Obama...Oy Vey!" And I live in an area that used to be Republican but could now more accurately be described as limosine liberal. Very few Obama signs. Of course, very few Romney signs, but there weren't a ton for McCain either. Plenty of Bush signs in 2000 and 2004. I think conservatives just aren't crazy about Romney but most of us will be voting for him anyway.
THe rednecks around here wouldn’t know the meaning of Oy Vey.... the dems that would read it would think it was a positive comment....very shick (sic)
No one can argue that Romney hasn’t worked like a Trojan for the job.
Watch the actual confidence each shows, Romney sure seems confident and a bit humble, whereas nobama seems flipant, cocky and arrogant (often a defensive mechanism).
We the public never get to see the real polls, the internals and they are not spin BS.
People aren’t putting pro-Romney signs in their yards because they don’t want to be in a position to defend him when he’s elected.
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I really find that hard to believe on a large scale. That’s bit of a stretch.
??????? I really find that hard to believe on a large scale. That’s bit of a stretch.
I do have to take that back a bit as Romney signs have begun appearing in my area over just the last two days.
However, I have made it a hobby of mine to study the bumper stickers in parking lots where I can make educated assumptions on the demographic. Just this week I was at the Boy Scout Shop. As it's back to school season and Fall camping trips, the lot was packed in addition to them hosting some sort of training session. Lots of conservative bumper stickers, some of them clearly in your face. Two anti-Obama bumper stickers. Not a single Romney sticker (nor Obama, but that was to be expected).
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