Some wonderful news from New Mexico [View All]

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This from http://www.mydd.com/, which is a great site if you never have been there.

Zogby and Mason-Dixon agree that New Mexico is tilting to Bush, yet ARG today released a poll showing Kerry leading by a 48-47 percent margin in the state. Whenever I get these conflicting results, I head to the local in-state online newspapers to find out what's up.
I don't know who in the heck Zogby & M-D are polling, because the news looks good for Kerry, as New Mexico's voter rolls have surged by 12% since 2000-- an increase of over 119,000 newly registered voters, mostly among 18-34 year-olds. Here's the facts I culled:

Party ID of NM:

Democrats 51%
Republicans 32%
Independents 14%

119,000 newly registered:

Democrats 43%
Independents 31%
Republicans 26%

Percent of those newly registered: (D - I - R)

18 to 24 year-olds 36% 39 38 23
25 to 34 year-olds 19%
With Spanish surnames 31%
The 527 organizations like ACT, Moving America Forward (Richardson's group), New Voters Project, & ACORN have been working like crazy, Richardson is a popular Democratic Governor, the issue of the War in Iraq is driving young people to register & vote like never before, the demographics that lean Democratic are those registering to vote, and Republicans are trailing Independents in those newly registered!
I think we'll just have to chalk this up to the pollsters not being able to reach the actual voters for their polls; because the facts on the ground point toward a Kerry victory in New Mexico.