2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumQuestion for CO Du'ers
Yahoo is reporting that Republicans are doing better in early voting.
How is it being reported locally where you are?
Silver has President Obama at 68%, very good.
I feel confident we will win CO but am interested in thoughts from the natives.
Samjm
(320 posts)Local news is reporting it the same way Yahoo does. I don't dispute the story at all. CO has roughly 1/3 registered Repub. 1/3 registered Dem, and 1/3 registered Unaffiliated - which is why we're a swing state. There are slightly more registered Repubs than Dems. It all hinges on the Unaffiliateds (Independents). I think Obama will do well with that group.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)I'd like to see him carry the state, even if it's by a narrow margin.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Colorado is unusual because apparently a lot of Dems sign up as Indies.
Historically we improved on 4 years ago but it is true that Republicans outnumber Dems in early voting.
It is also seems to be true that is well within the range to win CO with the tradititional break of Indies going heavy for CO.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)I guess Tuesday night will tell.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)That's not to say we should write the states off yet, but our early voting in the west isn't going as well as in the east.
edit: my bad. I was looking at NV absentee ballots (which are leaning R) not NV early voting.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Nevermind the NV thing there.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)that early voting is going well for President Obama in Nevada?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/03/1154634/-Nevada-Early-Voting-Update-11-2-12
Samjm
(320 posts)From: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/02/politics/king-battleground-colorado/index.html
(Bolding mine).
I know MANY MANY MANY Dems who are registered as Unaffiliated. It isn't an anomaly here at all. I'm sure there are as many Repubs registered Unaffiliated too.
I really am not at all concerned about the 38,000 advantage in early returns that the Repubs have. There's a huge number of Unaffiliated returns.