Democrats performed better in early voting than Republicans despite subpar turnouts in Montgomery County and Baltimore City.
Here is a chart contrasting voter registration and early voting percentages by party.
The Republicans' early voting matched their voter registration percentage. The Democrats beat their registration percentage by 7.5 points.
One reason for the Democrats' advantage would be if their party organizations in their three strongholds - Baltimore City and Montgomery and Prince George's Counties - aggressively turned out early votes. But that has not been the case. Here is a chart contrasting voter registration and early voting percentages by county.
Prince George's County was the only jurisdiction in the Democrats' Big Three to beat their registration percentage in early voting. Both Baltimore and MoCo, and the Big Three together, lagged.
So the Democrats beat the GOP in early voting mostly by relying on party members outside their strongholds. That should be an encouraging sign for Martin O'Malley.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Democrats Lead in Early Voting - Without MoCo and Baltimore
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Yea for us in PG! And that's with most all the local elections decided in Sept.
The better comparison, I think, is early voting turnout as a percentage of registered voters. Montgomery County turned out fourth worst in the entire state, with only 4.66% of registered voters participating in early voting. Only Frederick, Washington and Allegany Counties were lower. By comparison, Anne Arundel County was at 8.74%, Prince George's County at 7.45%, Baltimore County at 6.34% and Baltimore City at 5.44%. Among all counties, Talbot County was highest at 14.46%, with Kent County the only other jurisdiction over 10% at 13.03%.
Montgomery County's early voting performance was an embarrassment. We have to do better. Period.
Jonathan Shurberg
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