538: On the Road: Troy, Ohio (deep red Miami County-went for Bush by 32 points in 2004)

Saturday, October 11, 2008
On the Road: Troy, Ohio (deep red Miami County-went for Bush by 32 points in 2004)

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The first thing that stands out about the Troy, Ohio Obama field office is its placement. It's right in the heart of town. It catches everyone's attention -- you can't miss it.

The next thing that caught our attention was that, since the office had first opened, 800 different people from Miami County had come through the office's doors to volunteer. There were only 51,760 voters in the entire county in 2004, and a mere 17,606 were Kerry voters.

4.5% of the entire Miami County Kerry vote has already walked in the doors to volunteer.

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A bit down the road in Enon, Ohio, another deep red Ohio area, we found Jessica Ashdown leading a team of canvassers around the neighborhood. A bright, cheerful volunteer with the Wright State Democrats, Jessica has essentially been deputized out of the Beavercreek Obama field office to cover her hometown. Knockers walked in teams in very Republican neighborhoods on the warm early fall afternoon, following the mantra that you can't win if you don't show up.

We tried to go to the McCain office just down the street in Troy at noon on Saturday. At the exact moment we arrived, we found two nice elderly women peering inside the locked, closed office. They'd come to volunteer. Unfortunately, McCain's Troy office isn't open on weekends, according to a sign in the window.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-troy-ohio.html

GOBAMA!

:hi:

In 2004 52,104 voters voted (number of registered voters 72,169):

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2004ElectionsResults/04-1102VoterTurnout.aspx

In 2008 there are now 70,845 registered voters including an increase of 4,160 since January 2008 (internal sos spreadsheet)