look at ohio four years ago. 230,000, 40,000 fewer democrats have voted, nearly no, i have it as of last night. 547,000 democrats have voted early or cast an absentee ballot or requested an absentee ballot, 470,000 republicans. 712,000pares to 712,000 democrats four years ago. sean: is this ohio? this is ohio. 165,000 fewer democrats have voted. 98,000 more republicans have voted than four years ago. that is a swing. as of last night of 263,000 out of the democratic column and into the republican column. and remember, president obama won the state by 262,000 votes. he cleaned up in the the early vote. he won by over 300,000 votes in the early vote and then lost on election day to john mccain and the people who showed up at
look at ohio four years ago. 230,000, 40,000 fewer democrats have voted, nearly no, i have it as of last night. 547,000 democrats have voted early or cast an absentee ballot or requested an absentee ballot, 470,000 republicans. 712,000pares to 712,000 democrats four years ago. sean: is this ohio? this is ohio. 165,000 fewer democrats have voted. 98,000 more republicans have voted than four years ago. that is a swing. as of last night of 263,000 out of the democratic column and into the republican column. and remember, president obama won the state by 262,000 votes. he cleaned up in the the early vote. he won by over 300,000 votes in the early vote and then lost on election day to john mccain and the people who showed up at
viewer early votes or requested that many absentee than in 2008. they have fire or five days to go. on the other hand republicans have voted or requested 75,858 more absentee ballots than four years. that is a delta of 250,000 from democrats to republicans and remember obama won it by 262,000. if you need evidence of how energized the republican base is in ohio. steve: lookk at gretch, your home state of minnesota and new mexico, romney people are putting ads on those states which had been, they figured they were solidlyy blue. maybe not so solidly. apparently romney is running ads in detroit. they think there is a chance to actually pull something off there. very interesting.
obama won the state by 262,000. if you needed any evidence of how energized the republic base is in states like ohio, take a look at this where they have already got more voters out in early voting and more absentee ballot requests than they had four years ago. and the democrats one heck of a lot less. you know, that s why i feel reasonably confident that the republicans are going to carry ohio. it runs just exactly counter to the quinnipiac new york times cbs poll. bill: okay, now, when these votes are excuse me, when these votes are cast in states before election day, they are immediately cointed, right? are they immediately counted? no. they are generally put aside. what they do is they catalog who has cast the early ballot. so they know who is voting. now, on a just on a toe tattle basis in ohio. are more have more republicans voted than democrats in ohio or is it just a percentage that s higher?
swing from. obama won the state by 262,000. if you needed any evidence of how energized the republic base is in states like ohio, take a look at this where they have already got more voters out in early voting and more absentee ballot requests than they had four years ago. and the democrats one heck of a lot less. you know, that s why i feel reasonably confident that the republicans are going to carry ohio. it runs just exactly counter to the quinnipiac new york times cbs poll. bill: okay, now, when these votes are excuse me, when these votes are cast in states before election day, they are immediately cointed, right? are they immediately counted? no. they are generally put aside. what they do is they catalog who has cast the early ballot. so they know who is voting. now, on a just on a toe tattle basis in ohio. are more have more republicans voted than democrats in ohio or is it