Texas is hot against Bush! [View All]

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Here are a few links to some Texas news to lighten your souls. If Texas can get riled up over Bush enough to GOTV like we have, just imagine what is going to happen in the swing states.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=122444&SecID=2

The first day of early voting in Travis and Williamson County brought in twice the number of people who voted early in the 2000 presidential election, according to election officials.

And while convenience is a factor for some voters, it does not completely explain the high numbers.
Cedar Park's first day numbers are four times what they were in 2000.
Swing state or not, some Texas early voters said they want to make sure their choice for president wins the White House.
" 2000 and the war in Iraq have really heightened the emotion levels on both parties,” William Lutz, a political communist for the Lone Star Report, said.
Democrats feel that they won the election and want to make sure that there's no repeat of what happened in 2000 and the war has really angered some of their base. The Republicans feel like Bush won everything fair-and-square, and they resent the attacks on the 2000 election and they support the war," Lutz said



Burnt Orange Report
http://www.burntorangereport.com/archives/002516.html

October 24, 2004
Texas Votes: Breaking Records Across the State
Much has been said of the the stunning early vote number pouring in across Travis County. This has been seen across the state's largest counties as reported by the Secretary of State's office. Though the latest numbers won't be up until Monday, it is very likely at this point that over 1,000,000 Texans have cast their ballots, over 10% of Registered voters.
So is it happening just in the urban core of Texas? A little research from the Texas Newspapers list shows that is most certainly NOT the case.
Something is different this year. Turnout is up across the state from the biggest cities to the smallest towns. There is something fundamentally different about the electorate. (I've overheard that here in Travis County, 17% of those who have already cast ballots have never cast one here in Travis County before: think students and inactive long time registered voters.)
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http://www.polstate.com/archives/006109.html

Nearly 700,000 Texans have registered to vote since early March, a surge driven by interest in the presidential race and hotly contested congressional races, officials said Friday.
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We have about 13 mil registered voters in Texas. About half that number is what our turn out was in 2000!

You should really read the Burnt Orange Report.. It is truly inspiring.