The largest regional net shift from Republican to Democratic registration between 2005 and 2007 occurred in Fairfield County. Not so good for a certain incumbent.
Posted by MikeCT on 03/28 at 10:25 PM
Dems Continue Voter Registration Surge Post-Primary
From the Connecticut Secretary of State's office (via Genghis at Connecticut Local Politics) comes a press release today touting an amazing continued increase in Democratic voter registration throughout the state that has come after the 2/5 primary:
“There is an incredible renewed sense of enthusiasm and interest in the political process,” said Bysiewicz. “The surge in voter registration we experienced before the February 5th primary has continued through March. This is great news as we head toward our goal of two million active registered voters for the 2008 presidential election.”
Currently, there are 1,941,035 registered voters in Connecticut. Among newly registered voters nearly 9,000 Democrats and 2,600 Republicans registered to vote. Additionally, more than 8,000 unaffiliated voters registered. Of the nearly 20,000 newly registered voters, more than 4,500 are between the ages of 18 and 29. Since February 5th, among newly registered younger voters, Democratic registration has outpaced Republican registration: 2,311 to 469.
That's a Democratic registration advantage of over 3-to-1 among all new voters and 5-to-1 among new young voters one since 2/5.
Permalink | Posted by Charles on Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:23am
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The numbers speak volumes! Voters, listen up!
The big thing is to make sure the younger voters get out there to vote, or if they aren’t going to be in CT due to being away at college, *absentee ballots* are going to be key!! Very very important! I did the absentee ballot thing when I was away at school (seems eons ago!) and I didn’t wait until the fall to deal with it...I just went to town hall here in Ffld in August to fill out an application, and it was mailed to me when the time came.
Posted by Jennifer Hochberg on 04/01 at 03:27 PM
when are jim himes lawn signs coming out i have not even seen one
Posted by john on 04/01 at 03:57 PM
Hey John-
Lawn signs will be available in the coming weeks… Keep checking the blog and we’ll let you know when!
Posted by Charles on 04/02 at 05:41 PM
i was wondering the same thing why is there no lawn signs yet. well in order for us to win we have to win bridgeport by a large margin. we all know that thats going to be a strong point for himes
Posted by mikeyfrombpt on 04/03 at 08:24 PM
