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Posted at 10:54am on Jul. 11, 2008 The end of THE bump
By mbauer
It appears that the Obama party unity bump is coming to a close. Over the past few weeks polls have been showing a constant narrowing between the two candidates nationally. What was an 8% edge snear the end of June for Obama has fallen into that "statistically insignificant" department. With leaners Obama takes a 2% lead and without merely a 1% lead.
To further tighten the race, in the Rasmussen poll Obama and McCain share identical favorable to unfavorable ratings.
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Posted at 2:45pm on Feb. 6, 2008 Who the South actually elected
By mbauer
I don't know if voter turnout in primaries is any indicator of voter turnout in elections, but the South appears to be in jeopardy.
Alabama-
Dem Voters: 533,521 (49.2%)
GOP Voters: 550,573 (50.8%)
Arkansas-
Dem Voters: 275,902 (58.1%)
GOP Voters: 199,340 (41.9%)
Georgia-
Dem Voters: 1,014,864 (52%)
GOP Voters: 946,262 (48%)
Tennessee-
Dem Voters: 612,782 (53%)
GOP Voters: 548,612 (47%)