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On the Ground In Battleground OH
self | 11/4/08 | LS

Posted on 11/04/2008 10:04:22 AM PST by LS

First, I don't have numbers. This is just a report based on phone contacts with other people at "red" polling places and with Montgomery County (Dayton) GOP. (Kerry won this county by 2% in 04)

1) ALL the red precincts were extraordinarily heavy until about noon. Some finally calmed down. Turnout was at very, very high levels. 3x the wait time of 2004.

County GOP says we're hearing this from all our red areas.

2) Better news: many of the Dem and African-American precincts coming in way low. They are voted out through early voting.

3) HEARING---this is hearsay from people on the ground in Warren (deep, deep red, which gave Bush his win in 04)---that Warren turnout is "massive."


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: mccain; obama; ohio
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To: wolf24

Yes, there are a few threads on it.


61 posted on 11/04/2008 10:44:29 AM PST by impeachedrapist (Bill Clinton, as Arkansas Attorney General did you make Juanita Broaddrick pay for her rape kit?)
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To: Don'tMessWithTexas

My son and his friends are voting GOP in Ames - Iowa State University students.


62 posted on 11/04/2008 10:44:43 AM PST by mwl8787
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To: LS

As a former Buckeye from bright red Miami County north of Dayton, that is AWESOME news. When you have the red Counties voting big in SW Ohio, Cleveland can go stuff it.

I am waiting for Montgomery County to turn red this time and make SW Ohio solid RED!


63 posted on 11/04/2008 10:46:50 AM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER -- VOTE FOR McCAIN/PALIN2008! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: mwl8787

I’m a former Iowa State grad...great school

We need Iowa to remain RED

Looking for an upset here in WI


64 posted on 11/04/2008 10:47:06 AM PST by CycloneGOP
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To: goldstategop

bttt


65 posted on 11/04/2008 10:47:19 AM PST by scratcher (I trust the media about as much as I trust al Qaeda.)
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To: wolf24
Where is the CO report from? Is that early voting?

It's a count of D vs. R returns in early voting and absentees. While such a count is suggestive of relative party turnout, it is NOT a count of actual votes.

66 posted on 11/04/2008 10:48:00 AM PST by r9etb
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To: impeachedrapist

Those at Fox who still do that are in a small and shrinking minority.


67 posted on 11/04/2008 10:49:07 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Reagan69
Are you able to pray and make phone calls at the same time? If so go here and start calling one of the battle ground states:

McCain Phone Bank

68 posted on 11/04/2008 10:49:20 AM PST by Zevonismymuse
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To: mwl8787
If there's a heavy GOP turnout in Western IA, I think McCain will keep the state. Its all about turnout in this election. Every vote counts.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

69 posted on 11/04/2008 10:55:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: LS

I voted this morning in Middleburg Heights a suburb of Cleveland. I live in a democrat precinct and the line was very short compared to the same time in 2004. There were however a lot of absentees who had either already voted or at least gotten a ballot so it is hard to say what the actual turn out is.


70 posted on 11/04/2008 10:55:44 AM PST by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: LS

Wonderful! Keep us updated.


71 posted on 11/04/2008 10:56:15 AM PST by 1035rep
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To: savedbygrace

” I’ve been watching Fox News Channel most of the morning, and apparently, their producers and camera people are unable to find any white people actually voting.

There are approximately 15 million black adults in this country, and by the end of the day, Fox News Channels will have videotaped every single one of them voting.

Shame on Fox. They are firmly and irretrievably on the Dark Side. (And that is not a reference to black people, but rather, to evil.)”

Have felt the same thing the last several days.


72 posted on 11/04/2008 10:58:22 AM PST by patriotspride
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To: savedbygrace

LOL! Do you think it just might be possible that it might be on purpose?? That would terrify most older whites to go vote.


73 posted on 11/04/2008 10:59:32 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: CzarNicky
It appears in OH, Dem voters are not as enthusiastic about Obama. In 2004, the high Dem turnout across the country was driven by anti-Bush sentiment. I think it can be safely said Obama is not going to hold all the voters Kerry got four years ago.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

74 posted on 11/04/2008 11:00:05 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Yes. But we all eventually got to cast a ballot.


75 posted on 11/04/2008 11:00:26 AM PST by guido911 (Islamic terrorists are members of the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
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To: Lady Heron

Let me give that a long and deliberate thought. Yes, I do.


76 posted on 11/04/2008 11:03:31 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Trust but Verify

I’m in Ozaukee County, reddest of red WI.

Voted at about 0800, #137.

McCain/Palin
Sensenbrenner
Grothman
Gottleib

Praying for the Republic!


77 posted on 11/04/2008 11:06:07 AM PST by SkiKnee (It snows, therefore I ski.)
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To: savedbygrace

Just heard a radio report that turnout in Franklin County (Columbus) is lighter than expected. No lines reported anywhere.


78 posted on 11/04/2008 11:06:57 AM PST by floor sweeper
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To: LS

HELP!!! Experience in central OHIO, in a heavy McCain area. Ran into my neighbor at the polling facility, she had her 18 year old son voting for the first time. She had early voted so the son walked up to the registration table with me. I was first, an AfricanAM man gave me my card to place into the machine and told me he would come over to help me vote when it was my turn....I told him that wouldn’t be necessary. HOWEVER, he also helped my neighbors son who didn’t know the difference. When it was his turn the man came over and explained how to do it and THEN, said and pointed, “TOUCH THIS TO VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA.” Of course, he didn’t know this was illegal and didn’t say anything but did tell his mother on their way home. She is calling to make a report. I sure wish I had taken his offer of help because had he said that to me, the entire place would have errupted and been shut down.


79 posted on 11/04/2008 11:07:12 AM PST by Toespi
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To: goldstategop

Yes, since I’m from one of those rural counties in Ohio, I’m very aware the role they play. So, LS’s news is very good indeed.


80 posted on 11/04/2008 11:14:36 AM PST by carton253 (www.headquartersanv.blogspot.com -- for conversations about the Army of Northern Virginia.)
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