My wife and I are going to vote early this week to provide some visible momentum for Maryland Democrats. A report today indicated that Democrats were leading the early vote here:
Baltimore Sun - More Democratic voters hit the polls early than RepublicansDemocrats are taking advantage of early voting in greater proportion than Republicans, the (Maryland) state elections board reports, suggesting that the party in power is turning out its base more effectively.
In the first three days of early voting, registered Democrats, who make up 56 percent of the Maryland electorate, cast 63 percent of the ballots, according to elections board. Republicans, who make up 26 percent of the electorate, cast 27 percent of the ballots.
____ Maryland's Democratic and Republican parties poured millions into sophisticated early voting plans this year. Both sides are staffing call centers with volunteers who use computerized auto-dialing systems to let voters know they can cast their ballots now.
____ The figures so far show high turnout in areas the gubernatorial campaigns have been targeting all fall: In heavily Democratic Prince George's County nearly 16,000 voted in the first three days of the program. Vote totals also broke 10,000 in the battleground counties of Baltimore and Montgomery.
read more:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-early-voting-20101026,0,3497681.story