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Tales From 8 Days Out
Step Up and Be Counted
We early voted this past Saturday. I would have gone earlier but I hadn't made a final decision on all of the state and local issues until this past week. More on the issues in a later post. The Summit County location was busy, around 200 people waiting to get their ballots. The good thing is that the Job Center has plenty of room, no waiting in the rain. The whole process took about an hour but it was worth it. There was something meaningful in the way people from all walks of life stood as their names were called out by poll workers to get their ballots. James so and so step up and change history.
An Early Voting Snapshot from Cuyahoga
Speaking of early voting numbers I was able to get some raw numbers from Cuyahoga County for today's (10/27) early voting turnout. Sorry I don't know anyone ant Summit BOE. Here are the results from today's busy round of voting in the county to the north:
Dems 2,179
Newly Registered 492
Reps 60
Indy (Wafflers) 544
Total 3,275
Being conservative, that's about 80-85% Obama support. Does this mean that Obama voters are more enthused than McCain voters or is this an indication of something more dramatic? Sure Cuyahoga is heavy D but only 60 registered R's out of the over 3,000 that showed up. They must be voting absentee. Maybe we're approaching the overwhelming force number that's a tipping point for an Obama win in Ohio.
The Local Ground Game
The Obama Ohio GOTV effort has been hitting Akron and west suburbs hard the past month. There have been volunteers in our neighborhood every weekend this month and I'm sure they'll be back this weekend. Speaking as a foot soldier who has been canvassing the past three weeks I can attest to the large numbers of ordinary citizens offering up weekend time to knock on doors. The energy level at the Akron headquarters is high and the place is packed with volunteers every weekend looking to make a difference in some way. I've walked neighborhoods in Northwest Akron, Fairlawn and Bath with varying levels of support for Obama. I think Summit County is going to turn out a massive number of votes for our guy come election day. Will it be enough though?
Robo Call BS from Voinovich
Got a robo call from Sen. George Voinovich on my cell phone tonight. I hung up the call before listening to the actual message. Geez, this guy only shows up to make silly accusations about the Democratic candidate for president or to rant about casinos. I'm supposed to waste time listening to him blather on about his opinion on something I don't care about? I did call George's office and voice my about his stupid call interrupting my dinner.
We early voted this past Saturday. I would have gone earlier but I hadn't made a final decision on all of the state and local issues until this past week. More on the issues in a later post. The Summit County location was busy, around 200 people waiting to get their ballots. The good thing is that the Job Center has plenty of room, no waiting in the rain. The whole process took about an hour but it was worth it. There was something meaningful in the way people from all walks of life stood as their names were called out by poll workers to get their ballots. James so and so step up and change history.
An Early Voting Snapshot from Cuyahoga
Speaking of early voting numbers I was able to get some raw numbers from Cuyahoga County for today's (10/27) early voting turnout. Sorry I don't know anyone ant Summit BOE. Here are the results from today's busy round of voting in the county to the north:
Dems 2,179
Newly Registered 492
Reps 60
Indy (Wafflers) 544
Total 3,275
Being conservative, that's about 80-85% Obama support. Does this mean that Obama voters are more enthused than McCain voters or is this an indication of something more dramatic? Sure Cuyahoga is heavy D but only 60 registered R's out of the over 3,000 that showed up. They must be voting absentee. Maybe we're approaching the overwhelming force number that's a tipping point for an Obama win in Ohio.
The Local Ground Game
The Obama Ohio GOTV effort has been hitting Akron and west suburbs hard the past month. There have been volunteers in our neighborhood every weekend this month and I'm sure they'll be back this weekend. Speaking as a foot soldier who has been canvassing the past three weeks I can attest to the large numbers of ordinary citizens offering up weekend time to knock on doors. The energy level at the Akron headquarters is high and the place is packed with volunteers every weekend looking to make a difference in some way. I've walked neighborhoods in Northwest Akron, Fairlawn and Bath with varying levels of support for Obama. I think Summit County is going to turn out a massive number of votes for our guy come election day. Will it be enough though?
Robo Call BS from Voinovich
Got a robo call from Sen. George Voinovich on my cell phone tonight. I hung up the call before listening to the actual message. Geez, this guy only shows up to make silly accusations about the Democratic candidate for president or to rant about casinos. I'm supposed to waste time listening to him blather on about his opinion on something I don't care about? I did call George's office and voice my about his stupid call interrupting my dinner.
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