Tuesday, November 03, 2009

HORSERACE

Standard Late Afternoon Disclaimer

I just heard Neil Cavuto on Fox News citing a post from earlier today, about how in New Jersey, turnout is higher in counties that McCain won than it is in ones that Obama won.

I stand by what I've written; as I hear it from my folks in the various campaigns, media sources, party apparatuses, etc., I pass it on to you. Most of these reports are being confirmed by other media sources. But we're still talking about going to a half-dozen polling places per county and asking poll workers how many have voted so far. Again, while we can strongly suspect that voters in McCain counties would be pro-Christie and voters in Obama counties would be pro-Corzine, we'll have to wait until the votes start getting counted.

But I'd just remind folks that midafternoon five years ago, the buzz was that John Kerry was going to be the 44th President of the United States. So some years, the early voting isn't representative.

Having said that, a reader offered a good point. We're used to a usual after-work rush. But compared to a year ago, there are quite a few people with no work to go to this morning.

11/03 04:07 PMShare