Reply #89: Another surge in Perry registrations [View All]

[chorti]

Perry, that's funny. I noticed that voter registration surged 30% between 2000 and 2004, while the population grew at only 4%, so there was a net increase of 26% in voter registration. The largest in the state. The voter turnout, adjusted for population growth, increased by only 14%, which is very average. Also, the shift toward Bush was not much greater there than in surrounding counties. So the voter registration numbers are funny but it didn't translate in statistical anomalies in the voting result - unless all the surrounding counties are also an anomaly!