Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States
by Ford Fessenden, New York Times
COLUMBUS,
Ohio – A sweeping voter registration campaign in heavily Democratic
areas has added tens of thousands of new voters to the rolls in the
swing states of Ohio and Florida, a surge that has far exceeded the
efforts of Republicans in both states, a review of registration data
shows.
The
analysis by The New York Times of county-by-county data shows that in
Democratic areas of Ohio – primarily low-income and minority
neighborhoods – new registrations since January have risen 250 percent
over the same period in 2000. In comparison, new registrations have
increased just 25 percent in Republican areas. A similar pattern is
apparent in Florida: in the strongest Democratic areas, the pace of new
registration is 60 percent higher than in 2000, while it has risen just
12 percent in the heaviest Republican areas.
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