Newly registered voters WILL decide this election and the majority of

[efhmc]

those new voters became active to rid themselves of *bush. My words of wisdom for the morning. Enjoy.

[liberal N proud]

1. New Voter Registrations are running 3:1 Democrat

[annabanana]

3. ah yes.... but what is the breakdown by state?

All the new deomocrats in the world won't make any difference in NY.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. It's EVERYWHERE.

Philly has 200,000 new voters, Cleveland has about 300,000. And those are just two cities in battleground states.

[sniffa]

6. but

newLy scrubbed newLy registered voters (on arbitrary technicaLities) are probLy in the same numbers of dems 3-1.

[efhmc]

7. Curious as to how one knows? In Texas, one just registers without any

reference to party affiliation.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. Urban vs. Rural

And also Dem stronghold versus Repub stronghold. Urban voter registration is outpacing rural by about 200%

[roseBudd]

36. That is why I am concentrating on motivating the urban demographic

[TlalocW]

2. Don't pee on an electric fence

That's all I've got for words of wisdom.

TlalocW

[efhmc]

9. Just why would you want to do that anyway ?

[ArkDem]

19. Males, at some point in their lives, are compelled to pee on

all sorts of stuff. It's natures way of perfecting one's aim.

[efhmc]

20. What a milestone to "aim" for. An area where we mere women will never

be able to compete. I am so completely sad.

[yellowcanine]

24. I did that once. It was....err......shocking. And I can report that it

does not hinder one's reproductive capabilities.

[efhmc]

28. We are so happy to hear that but weren't you far enough away, actually

not touching the fence, to not get shocked and again WHY?

[HFishbine]

34. Water

conducts electricity. I've never done it. Had my chance, but was quite confident it was an experience I could do without. I find "writing" in the snow much more creative.

[aldian159]

41. Reminds me of a story...

A good friend of mine grew up in Wrigleyville, the unofficial name for the Chicago neighborhood surrounding Wrigley Field. This area is known for its numerous bars and people always get plastered before, during, and after a Cubs game.

Well, my friend was woken up every night for a month by this one dude who would stay in a bar until well past closing time, then he would stagger home drunk. Well, as luck would have it, this inebriated gentleman would stop to relieve himself on a streetlight just below my friend's bedroom window. As he urinated, he would make loud noises, thus waking my friend up.

Well, one night my friend gets sick of this, and rigs a device to rid himself of this drunk. He watches this guy for a few days (regular as clockwork) and determines the exact spot his urine lands on the light pole. Well, my friend next takes an extension cord, strips the covering so the wires are exposed, and wraps the exposed part around the light pole, plugging the cord into his house.

The next night, the drunk pees on the bare, stripped wires of the plugged-in cord, and shocks himself but good. That was the last my friend heard of his visitor, and he slept soundly thereafter.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

4. i am one of those voters

i have only voted in the 1996 election and i voted for perot. i was a registered independent. thanks to bush and the support the repbubs have given him, i am now a registered democrat and will be voting for john kerry in this electin.

[efhmc]

11. Well, I am so happy to hear that. We need all of the thinking and

acting folks like you that we can get our hands on!!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Absolutely.

Any state where you see the polls indicating a 1% difference between Kerry and Bush, you have to give the edge to Kerry because you KNOW new voters are going to be enough to push us over the edge.

[efhmc]

13. Happy, happy, happy!!

[Demi_Babe]

12. North Carolina has almost 1/2 million new voters...most are democrat

do not think that NC is not in play because it is...BIG TIME!

[efhmc]

15. Many in the bag states may not go Kerry but the margin for *bush has

been greatly diminished.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

16. i am in western NC

and like i said previously, i only switched the democratic party a few months ago.

i am seeing lots of kerry/edwards stickers and signs.

the other day i saw big work truck with one of those "The Power of Pride" stickers on it and this truck also had a kerry/edwards sticker on it. this is a good sign. i believe things are closer than some would have you believe. bush didn't do himself any favors during that debate.

all in all, i am seeing more advertisement for kerry/edwards than i am for W.

[efhmc]

18. I believe that we are gaining daily. I hope that we can revive the Dems.

in all of the South (including here in Texas). By the way, welcome to our party. Glad to have you here.

[yellowcanine]

27. I do believe if NC goes Kerry VA will also. And in that case it will be

a Kerry EV blowout. We will know very early on election night how this is going to go in that case. Hopefully the election will not get called before the polls close on the West Coast because that could hurt us badly in the House races.

[Richardson08]

14. My parents are voting for the first time.After being U.S. citizens

for 30 years,they finally decided to vote because of */*

I know many people who have never voted who have registered to vote.Tomorrow is the deadline for NY voters to register

[efhmc]

17. Those are the kind of voters that *b has managed to unite. He is a uniter

for Kerry. Thanks W.(Never thought I'd say THAT.)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

23. It's true. It really is an accomplishment of George W. Bush.

No matter how he did it, no matter how negative the circumstances, he got people out to vote. He made people realize the impact of doing nothing versus taking control.

Yeah, we'll still have Jebby and Katherine Harris and all of the "usual suspects" from the 2000 election, but this is going to be a fight.

I don't buy 100% of the "he will do anything to win" premise. I believe that he WILL, to a point, and at another point he will collapse like a rotten Jack-O-Lantern on the front porch after Halloween. Nothing but the remains of the carved-in smile and the smell of decay.

[efhmc]

26. What a visual of that rotten Jack o Lantern and so timely. I think they

(maybe not he, but his puppet masters) will do absolutely anything to put their boy back in power. Just look at the "new" ads that are out today. They have nothing in their bag of tricks except fear, intimidation and manipulation and these methods will not be strong enough this time. The people will speak and he will GO.

[requiem99]

21. Normally, iut would be a close race, and probably a Kerry victory.

But I personally know many, MANY people who became politically interested SIMPLY to oust Bush. Hell, I AM one! The number of people that hate this man is simply mind blowing, and it isn't like he doesn't deserve it or anything!

[efhmc]

22. Yep, as I said in a previous post, W, the uniter. Welcome and thanks

for doing your part.

[Lugnut]

33. I think you have a good point

I've asked myself why so many people are so motivated to vote in this election. I think it's for the same reason you were. Welcome to DU! :hi:

[NoPasaran]

25. Huge numbers in Texas

Read this thread and the links to other threads therein:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x4823#4871
Here's a little updated information from Travis County: in addition to the 12,000 voters we registered on Monday, the tax office received TWENTY THOUSAND forms in the mail. (Many of these no doubt from the packets that a hundred or so of us hung on apartment doors the previous weekend.) And that's not counting the cards that were mailed on Monday. What will our final total be? Forty thousand? Forty-five? And that's on top of 46,000 or so people who had already registered before the last weekend.

All through the summer the most optimistic Democrats I've known have been the people doing voter registration. We've been meeting the people who are going to put us over the top; we've seen their enthusiasm; and we know how many of them there are.

[efhmc]

30. What a wonderful goal. Here in our small Texas, town we registered

many and almost all of them have indicated that they are sick and tired of what DeLay, b and company have done to Texas and their total disregard for the people and their right to choose. Democracy will have its day again, even here.

[yellowcanine]

32. It would be sweet to at least scare Bush in Texas - Winning it will not

happen unless it comes out that Bush has been banging Condi and I am not sure that would do it.

[efhmc]

35. Absolutely NOTHING will change many people's mind about *b.

All negative things that are reported are not significant or the result of the "librul" media. Did you see what those wonderful folks in Austin accomplished?

[NoPasaran]

38. People's opinions about Bush* aside

I think Kerry is going to mop the floor with Bunnypants even without Texas' electoral votes. The key thing about all the voters we've been registering should give us the margin of victory in tight races like Martin Frosts, take back some seats in the Lege and elect some Democratic judges. Texas didn't turn red in a day, and we're got a tough road ahead of us. But after years and years of giving ground, we're fighting back and in the long run we will prevail!

[efhmc]

39. At our Labor day picnic, we were reminded of how the repukes came to

power in Texas and part of that change came about with sheer determination and persisitance. Running candidiates in every election, regardless of their having a chance or not and continuing to work hard and daily to get their people in office. The only part of this story that was left out was the fact that many and in this county almost all of the Dems changed to Rep. once several things happened. (Clinton and *bush and the massive amounts of money big business gave and are giving to the repubs.)Still the part about continuing to work and work hard is a good one and one we all needed to hear. Thanks for Austin and your work there. We are making a difference.

[pansypoo53219]

29. georgie is

finally a uniter.

[efhmc]

31. Well it is a good thing for us Dems but what a price we all had to pay

and will continue to pay.

[Fed Up]

37. this is nothing like 4 years ago, and Gore still got more votes!

Something is in the air big time.

I sense another 1980 where a failed incumbent is shown the door.

People on every corner in Philadelphia registering voters, that never happened before. Four years ago people would have said, "What the f. is this? It's only an election. Who are these voting fanatics?" That is no longer said. This is a tidal wave, and the wave breaks Nov. 2.

[efhmc]

40. When democracy works, it is a wonderful, powerful thing and I feel its

power coming back.