Wake Tidal Wave?
2014-10-10 - by
As Halloween and early voting draw near, we political wizards examine entrails, cut up bats’ tails and consult the moon and stars to predict what will happen. (Translation: We trade rumors about polls, rumored polls and rumored rumors.)
Sometimes, you seek signs in what candidates do.
Take Thom Tillis. He increasingly looks like a losing quarterback hurling Hail Mary passes at the end of the game. Soon he’ll accuse Senator Hagan of sending federal stimulus dollars to Ebola-infected ISIS warriors so they can cross the Mexican border to get gay-marriage licenses in North Carolina.
But some smart people look at real numbers. The smartest person when it comes to election numbers is Gerry Cohen, the retired General Assembly counsel. On his Facebook page, Cohen wrote:
“Wake County Board of Elections reports getting thousands of new voter registrations each day. Election Director says new registration is running at presidential election level and they are 10,000 forms behind. Wake has announced that completed registration forms can be dropped at any Wake County Public Library til 5 pm Friday. This folks clearly is a wave election in Wake. In fact, #WakeTidalWave.”
The numbers come from Colin Campbell’s N&O story about today being the last day of voter registration.
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Wake Tidal Wave?
2014-10-10/
As Halloween and early voting draw near, we political wizards examine entrails, cut up bats’ tails and consult the moon and stars to predict what will happen. (Translation: We trade rumors about polls, rumored polls and rumored rumors.)
Sometimes, you seek signs in what candidates do.
Take Thom Tillis. He increasingly looks like a losing quarterback hurling Hail Mary passes at the end of the game. Soon he’ll accuse Senator Hagan of sending federal stimulus dollars to Ebola-infected ISIS warriors so they can cross the Mexican border to get gay-marriage licenses in North Carolina.
But some smart people look at real numbers. The smartest person when it comes to election numbers is Gerry Cohen, the retired General Assembly counsel. On his Facebook page, Cohen wrote:
“Wake County Board of Elections reports getting thousands of new voter registrations each day. Election Director says new registration is running at presidential election level and they are 10,000 forms behind. Wake has announced that completed registration forms can be dropped at any Wake County Public Library til 5 pm Friday. This folks clearly is a wave election in Wake. In fact, #WakeTidalWave.”
The numbers come from Colin Campbell’s N&O story about today being the last day of voter registration.
Posted in General