WOOHOO NC's goin' BLUE!

[ncgrits]

On the local NPR station (Chapel Hill) they just reported that nearly 500,000 new voters have registered in NC, with the vast majority doing so since Monday!

I sure hope I heard them right!
Correct me if I'm wrong! (I _know_ y'all will!)
:evilgrin:

[Pirate Smile]

1. You heard right. Someone posted this last night. I think it was 496,000

new voters.

[ncgrits]

5. I'm feelin' right proud!

To paraphrase--If God doesn't love Tarheel's why is the sky Tarheel BLUE BLUE BLUE?!

[Jack_Dawson]

15. Do the right thing, NC!

:-)

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

38. It may be tar heel blue in the day

but it's Blue Devil blue at night (...and throughout the basketball season!)


:evilgrin:

[newsguyatl]

2. i think nc will go blue this year too

is jim hunt campaigning for kerry at all there? he's insanely popular there, and i'd imagine some commercials made with him could really help.

[Fluffdaddy]

3. WOOHOO NC's goin' BLUE! .........................Bull-Shit

Kerry will never win NC. I wish it was so...................BUT it will never happen

Edit: Reason ? To many Confederate flag Red-necks

[newsguyatl]

6. that's the attitude fluffdaddy

:eyes:

we need more du'ers like you!

[ncgrits]

9. The Research Triangle is just filled with

liberal folks who have moved here in the last few years too. . . .

I'm determined to be hopeful.

[Azturq]

22. Greed can trump morality in many cases

It would not surprise me if a lot of techies sell out.
That's what seems to be happening in Arizona

[Supersedeas]

54. There are plenty of homegrowns who were edumacated in schools right here

who have and will vote Blue.

Care to check the party affiliation of the Governor lately?

[ncgrits]

55. Believe me I _know_ it!

I get real tired of hearing what ignoramuses we are.
I was trying to convince the nay-sayers by waving a few liberal Yankees at 'em for good measure.

NC is a lot more progressive than most folks think.
Still determined to feel positive!!!!!

[blm]

10. You have it wrong. Fluff. We've outregistered the GOP by at least 4-1.

And I've been taking calls at Dem HQ from plenty of Republicans asking for Kerry yard signs, especially since last Thursday.

You are welcome to your opinion, but the ground game in NC is looking towards a win in November.

[Fluffdaddy]

13. blm.....................GOD I hope you are right. Keep up the hard work

I hope on Nov 3rd I can post................."I stand corrected"

[Lex]

17. Jerk--shows how little you know about NC.

[Fluffdaddy]

27. I don't know much about NC but.....................

I'm not a JERK. I just don't think we are going to win ANY of the States in the South..............I'm sorry

[Lex]

30. Saying "BULLSHIT" to someone's enthusiastic post about voter registration

.
in NC is not jerk-like?

Ok, I stand corrected then.

[ncgrits]

31. Thanks, Lex!

I appreciate you sticking up for my high spirits!
And I'm thrilled that my first real thread actually got some response. . . .


so I again I say, "WOOO-HOOO!"

and now I'll hush and go back to work . . .

[Lex]

34. No problem . . .

I think some crabby ol' Democrats will be eating their words come November! :)

Keep up the good work!

[Fluffdaddy]

46. I hope so too.

[Road Scholar]

36. Fluffdaddy, did you know that John Edwards kicked Lauch....

Faircloth's ass. The biggest redneck of them all.He bought his way in but he couldn't buy a re-election. He was an embarrassment to our state.George Bush is an embarrassment to the whole country.

North Carolina has a Democrat Governor who is very progressive and defiantly will be re-elected.The democrat party here in NC have been working their asses off for John Kerry and John Edwards so it didn't "just happen".
Even though I'm a democrat, you might all of us rednecks,but since you know so much about NC, you might better check your figures on us redneck "Tarheels".

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[HFishbine]

18. You

don't know what the hell you are talking about. I hope you've enjoyed your stay. Please check back on Nov. 3rd.

[dicknbush]

32. I think you are right..

This probably has something to do with churches getting registrations piled up and then gang registering at the last minute so the dems are caught off guard regarding their numbers and what they have to match. I think it is a trick of the goopers.

[Bandit]

40. You seem to think Republicans are like the Democrats in their

Apathy. I do not think that is the case. I believe Republicans are very determined and in lock-step and that they have been registered since they turned eighteen. They are not lackadaisical like the Democrats are. They are regimented and determined and by far the most likely to Turn-out for any and all elections. Anyone registering at this late date is very probably not a Republican. Because Republicans are notorious for their turn-out most all polls are weighted for that factor. Democrats are notorious for sitting at home feeling sorry for themselves and saying what good is my one lonely vote. I think things are starting to change a bit.

[Virginian]

41. churches getting registrations piled up ...

This is why it has to come out that Bush does not attend church. He is not the great saint they believe him to be, he is a false prophet who has led them down the road to pestilence and war and evil.

[dicknbush]

37. I do hope you are right but I wouldn't count on any southern state

Goin Blue. But I hope we are all pleasently surprised on November 3

[seabeyond]

43. To many Confederate flag Red-necks

that quote the bible? wrong, lol and a wink, i know them. i also know they dont go to church as they spout out the christian coalition rush limbaugh christianity bullshit............hey bush. and they yell about voting but too lazy to get their ass out and do it.

so, it is easy to put a flag on the car and go around mouthin and spitting chew, about what bad asses they are..............

(i am angry at these males right now, lol lol can you tell)

[SheepyMcSheepster]

48. i disagree

i live in NC and most people are NOT confederate flag waving rednecks.

[mmonk]

52. I think they have us confused with SC

We do have too many bible thumpers for my taste though (but not in the urban area I live in).

[aden_nak]

4. And remember, many polls don't count new voters.

Because they try to limit their polling to people "likely" to vote. And that generally means people who vote every year, or at least in every Presidential election.

[dolstein]

7. Bush won North Carolina by 370,000+ votes in 2000

So the new voters would likely need to be overwhelmingly Democratic to close that gap.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

12. And Nader wasn't on the ballot there

so there is no hope of a hidden Nader vote turning to Kerry.
I think this is a really long shot at best.

[auburngrad82]

16. You also have to take into consideration the piss poor job of Bush

That should win some votes from people who voted for him last election as well as winning undecideds and energizing people who are registered but wouldn't normally vote.

[newsguyatl]

21. bush was also MUCH further ahead in the polls

there in 2000 than he is of kerry/edwards today.

so you have to take that into consideration this year COMBINED with the newly registered voters.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

25. While that may be true

then Kerry should logically be leading by a lot more in the "close" Gore states of Wisconsin, NM, etc...
The dynamics of 2000 don't translate directly into a duplicate for 2004.

[newsguyatl]

28. i'm not talking about the other states,

i'm talking about nc.

and edwards being on the ticket has a LOT to do with it.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

29. Obviously Edwards must be the difference

an oversight on my part.

[SidDithers]

26. Did Gore have Dean Smith's endorsement...

Smith has been actively campaigning with "Coaches for Kerry".

There's one or two basketball fans in NC, right?

Sid

[Lex]

33. that's assuminig that Republican turn out is exactly the same & not weaker

which, I think Repub turnout will not be as strong as 2000.

[West Coast Democrat]

35. True, but Bush* wasn't running against a ticket w/ Edwards in 2000

[Chelsea Patriot]

45. .....Getting All Tingly Now......It's ....It's.....JOEMENTUM!!!!!!!

[WI_DEM]

8. did they have a break down of what party the new voters

registered to?

[ClassWarrior]

11. That's great to hear - some freepazoid tried to step on...

...an NCer's enthusiasm last week. Good to see him/her proven wrong.

(p.s. Keep campaigning HARD nonetheless... We need a big margin!)

23.

[Claire Beth]

14. that's great but how can you be sure....

they are going to vote for the democratic ticket? Did they register as democrats??

[HFishbine]

19. Anecdotal evidence

My personal voter registrations have been 80% Democratic, 15% unaffiliated and 5% republican.

[ClassWarrior]

20. Nope. But more new voters vote Dem than Republicant.

23.

[wryter2000]

23. Great news!

Welcome to DU :hi:

[jerryman814]

24. Excellent!

Hopefully the new polls that will come out will reflect this... Otherwise, we shall wait until November 2 to see how many of them actually go out and vote.

[AntiCoup2K4]

39. Admittedly, I'm a little skeptical of a state which elected Jesse Helms...

...again and again for decades.

But it IS Edwards' home turf. And God knows that despite the rhetoric of the religious reich types, Southerners have absolutely no logical reason to support the Bush Criminal Empire. Especially since the majority of the military, and logically, by extention military casualties, come from Southern states.

[Lex]

42. . . . and we also elected John Edwards

as you pointed out, so if the Dems in the cities (Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill Greensboro Winston-Salem Charlotte Asheville) turn out in high numbers, then the more rural areas (which tend to vote strictly Repub) will be beaten.

[comsymp]

56. And Terry Sanford... and Jim Hunt (4 times)... and

Eva Clayton... and David Price...

Lex, I also think that the military/vet vote in & around Fayetteville, Goldsboro and (maybe even) J'ville will provide a few surprises, too. And let's not forget the college-aged population (where I believe a lot of the GOTV activity is taking place?) and their parents.

[Road Scholar]

47. Excuse me but....

Helms and co. invented pac money. He was a national hero among repugs.
So the national repugs bowed to "Senator No". He had all the money in the national repugs coffers to be re-elected.However, Faircloth, one of the wealthiest repugs in NC, couldn't even buy his re-election against Edwards.

[seabeyond]

44. your home paper has taken to callin you senator be gone

i imagine this didnt sit well with many many in nc. and then finding out no paper in his hometown, raliegh didnt call him that, was one weeekly newspaper one time.

this has to turn off many

[VotefurKerry]

49. Kerry is being stomped in the mountains

I hope Chapel Hill/ Durham pulls it out.

Things aren't good up high.

[newsguyatl]

51. considering what resides

in the mountains of north carolina, i'm not surprised.

[HFishbine]

53. Bush won in 2000

by a margin of 373,471. Turnout will be key.

[TexasLady]

57. YAY!! Now if we could

just go from to red..to purple... to beautiful blue here in good ol Tejas....ahhh I can dream cant I?