Black turnout is strong in early voting in South

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Blacks are already surging to the polls in parts of the South, according to initial figures from states that encourage early voting — a striking though still preliminary sign of how strongly they will turn out nationwide for Barack Obama in his campaign to become the first African-American president.

There have been predictions all year of a record black turnout for Obama. The first actual figures suggest that wasn't just talk:

• In North Carolina, blacks make up 31 percent of early voters so far, even though they're just 21 percent of the population and made up only 19 percent of state's overall 2004 vote.

• Roughly 36 percent of the early voters are black in Georgia, outpacing their 30 percent proportion of the state's population and their 25 percent share of the 2004 vote.

No one but the voters can be sure how they voted. And John McCain's campaign officials note that the Obama camp has put much more effort than they have into early voting. But the numbers are still notable.

Democrats are outvoting the GOP by a margin of 2.5-to-1 in North Carolina, where early voting has been under way for a week. That's roughly double the margin from 2004.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_el_pr/early_voting_12


GOTV!!!

So that's 5 more black votes for Obama.

in Mississippi or Alabama.

Despite polls, it could happen. Particularly in Ms, a huge GOTV success could do it. It is currently 50-40 for mcpow, but I doubt the poll accounts for the potential of a huge Obama turnout. He won the dem primary there huge, and maybe, just maybe...

I want a BLUE AMERICA!

I really think Obama might pull off a lovely upset in Georgia.

*whistles Sweet Georgia Brown*