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Maine Sunday TelegramMaine Democrats are voting early in much greater numbers than Republicans and unenrolled voters, according to absentee balloting records from the Secretary of State's Office.
Experts say the trend probably bodes well for Barack Obama, whose Democratic presidential campaign has teamed up with the Maine Democratic Party on a broad voter registration and early voting effort.
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Statewide, Mainers had turned in 163,981 absentee ballots by Friday, according to records published online by the Secretary of State's Office, which oversees the distribution of ballots.
The absentee votes included 42.9 percent cast by Democrats, 28.2 percent by Republicans and 28.9 percent by unenrolled or Green Independent voters, according to an analysis by the United States Election Project, a program at George Mason University in Virginia that monitors election laws, trends and data.
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Maine's numbers put the state squarely within a national trend, which shows that early voting is increasing. Records also show that Democrats are casting more early ballots than Republicans in nearly every state that provides party membership data for voters.
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One thing to keep in mind is that the Maine Democrats targeted Democrats who show a history of not always voting. So these votes are largely from people who might not have turned out on Election Day.