A few General Election stats from Orange County, NC

[supernova]

I went to a county Democratic brainstorming session this morning. And I thought you might enjoy some stats from inside a red state:

- 18, 000 Orange County Dems voted early (35% of all eligible County Dems!!)

- Overall, an increase from 54% Dem voter participation to 68% Dem Voter participation.

- Increased by 12,000 overall Dem voter turnout for the 2004 General Election over the 2000 General Election. Yes, 12,000 more people voted for John Kerry than for Al Gore.

- Our US Repesentative, David Price, anticipated 2000 votes from Orange County. Orange County delivered more thant 10,000!

- Our State Supreme Court candidate, Jim Wynn, got 22,000 votes from Orange County alone. The other three candidates in that race got 18,000 combined, statewide. That's about 3-4000 apiece.

The overall goal is to TURN NC BLUE!

If you want to know more, here's my original post in the NC forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=170x2831

[chomskysright]

1. great to hear frm u:over in buncbome (asheville)

god, the dems are dead here. I went to my election protest meeting this past tuedsday and Haner, the Buncombe Dem chair was there and I asked him how come he doesn't answer my e mail? no good answer.

I'll come hang out with you. where is orange county>

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[supernova]

2. Chapel Hill

and Hillsborough are Orange County. Though, north of Hillsborough it's very Republican.

Edit: I'm surprised Asheville doesn't have a decent party structure. :shurg: But then again, maybe not.

We did discuss this morning the possiblity of working with other counties to replicate our success in Orange. So, don't lose hope!