Dirty Greek - Early Voting Results Show Huge Turnout

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Wow, check out the early polling data.. Especially note NC's results:

Democrats make up 56.1% of the early voters, Republicans 27.4%. Others 16.5%. The voters are also 67.4% White, 28.7% Black.

See, I keep trying to look at this stuff from several different angles, but it always ends up the same way - Obama's just motivated so many people to vote that his numbers are going to be staggering. I'd think that the anti-Obama sentiments would at least equal that, but they just don't seem to. I'm proud that our country is not only on the verge of electing a Black liberal with a funny name, a Muslim father, and an atheist mother. I think that, despite all of the racism and insinuations of terrorist ties and Islamic faith, enough people realize that it's because of his multicultural background that he's the perfect representation of America. He's a representation of what America can become, in that sense.

Keep in mind, however, that in NC a lot of registered Democrats (Dixiecrats) vote Republican a lot of the time, and there's still a lot of racism here, so it's possible that a good portion of those Democrats in those polls voted McCain. It's still very promising.

Most exciting is just the sheer number of voters that we'll probably see at the polls this year. CNN says it will be a new record turnout.