2008 elections

[cross-posted at www.dailykos.com]

11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Voter Awareness Rally
1-3 p.m.: Voter Registration Drive
Saturday, April 5
Galaxy Cinema in Cary, North Carolina
my.barackobama.com

If you're going to be 18 by November 4, you're eligible to vote. But even if you're not going to be 18 this year, you can get involved in this historic campaign to elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.

Is Obama's message of Hope adverstisement "Branding", or is it Real?

CORRECTION: We had an Excel problem which botched our figures on party registration. We correctly reported that 46% of new registrations since January were Democrat. However, only 17% of the new registrations were Republican. The remaining 37% were unaffiliated.

This is the first in a series of Facing South posts covering the upcoming North Carolina primary elections.

Like other states, North Carolina has witnessed a surge in voter registrations this election year. Nearly 89,000 new voters have registered to vote in the last three months, according to new statistics released last Friday.

Who are these new voters, who will be deciding the now-critical North Carolina primaries on May 6?

It appears that the Clinton campaign or its surrogates have begun a push poll effort in North Carolina. My friend Justin sent me a message after he received a call earlier this week. He gave me permission to print his description of the call here.

Here's an excerpt:

After a handful of general questions (the last of which was "What have you heard about Barack Obama lately?"), the dude spent probably close to half an hour asking me whether various statements would make me more or less likely to vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. About halfway through, I started taking notes (he finished just as I got out my microphone to try to record it). Here's a summary of the stuff he asked...

In which we discuss the potential of a completely unexpected choice.