Good news, part one: Early voting stats
Here’s something that should help to ease the troubled minds of those of you still panicking that Obama isn’t going to win. FiveThirtyEight reports this on the subject of early voting (my bolding):
“In the wee hours of this morning, Public Policy Polling released data from Colorado and New Mexico.
The toplines are strong for Obama, giving him leads of 10 and 17 points, respectively in those states.
What’s worse for McCain, however, is that PPP estimates that nearly two-thirds of Coloradans have already cast their ballots, as have 55-60 percent of New Mexicans, with large majorities of those votes going to Barack Obama.
This is backed up to some extent by Michael McDonald’s turnout statistics. In Colorado, the state had already processed approximately 1.3 million ballots as of Thursday, around 60 percent of the total 2004 turnout. In Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), New Mexico (statewide figures are not available), 145,000 ballots had been cast as of Wednesday, equaling 55 percent of 2004’s total.”
Got that? Not only are early voters tending to vote for Obama, but a massive percentage of the electorate has already turned out to vote. Oh, and Colorado and New Mexico are swing states.
Now. Stop worrying. It’s going to be a good day on November 5th. 
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