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60,000 and counting: Democrats cross major milestone in voter registration advantage |
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 60,000 and counting: Democrats cross major milestone in voter registration advantage
According to today’s voter registration reports, Democrats now hold a
60,068 voter registration advantage in Nevada. That is almost 14 times
the voter registration advantage held by Republicans in the 2004
election, when George Bush narrowly won the state.
The Democratic voter registration surge has continued steadily since
last summer, when suspense built for the January Presidential Caucus.
But the numbers continue to grow at a record pace — just last week,
Democrats registered almost 4,300 new voters.
Highlights of voter registration numbers include:
Democrats now hold a 25,206 voter registration advantage — nearly 13
times the slim advantage that Democrats held in the 2006 election, when
Democratic candidate Tessa Hafen narrowly lost the district by less
than 2 percent.
Democrats are close to cutting the GOP advantage in Congressional
District 2 in half. Democrats are behind by less than 30,000 registered
voters.
In the targeted Senate District 5, Democrats lead by 2,180 registered voters.
In the targeted Senate District 6, Democrats lead by 668 registered voters.
The registration increase comes from tens of thousands of new voters
registering as Democrats — not, the numbers indicate, by people
switching parties.
With just 80 days left before the general election voter registration
deadline and 100 days before early voting begins, Democrats are showing
no signs of slowing our historic voter registration surge.
“Tens of thousands of new voters are registering — and registering
Democratic,” said Kirsten Searer, Deputy Executive Director of the
Nevada Democratic Party. “Senator Obama’s message of change after eight
years of the Bush administration clearly has struck a chord with
Nevadans. We don’t want more of the same — Nevadans want a change.”
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