Friday, October 31, 2008

Early voting equals BIG numbers

I read a commentary on news8sutin.com called "Big numbers showing up for early voting" by Harvey Kronberg. Harvey writes that news polls show Borack Obama is ahead and gaining speed in early voting and many people think that the election is over. Harvey comments that since Texas is not a battleground state the national pollsters don't really focus on Texas. He gives many statistics about previous elections and how more and more elections are having a higher percentage of Democratic voters. Kronberg states, "Well yes, but it should send a signal to Republicans in Texas that all is not well. After all, McCain scores 9 points lower than George W. Bush did in 2004 just as Cornyn is 8 points lower than Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2006." I agree with Kronberg that polls are just telling us what people are currently thinking. Statistics show that younger voters always turnout towards the end of an election but I think this time younger voters have already made it out in big numbers. They know what is at stake this time. It seems that it may be possible for the state of Texas to turn into a swing state in future elections. Analysts covering the election do not see a clear winner right now. Anything can happen. Currently Texas is still a Republican state but it is possible that at the end of this presidential election we may be a Democratic state.

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