GOP Rout In Pennsylvania Absentee Ballot Returns


Posted October 29, 2012




This morning President Obama’s campaign indicated they
are going on the air in Pennsylvania and sending Joe Biden to the state
trying to protect a state that just one week ago was considered to be
safe ground. One possible reason? The enormous GOP edge in absentee
ballot returns in the state, creating an enormous and unexpected hole
for the President’s campaign to dig out of.
In 2008 the GOP edged the Democrats by just 2% in absentee returns. As of today the GOP’s lead is 18.8% — a 16.9% bump in
a state Obama won by 10% in 2008. Republicans have turned in 55.2% of
the absentee ballots to date while the Democrats have returned just
36.4%.
The Romney Victory team has been on the ground in Pennsylvania for
months with over 60 staff and dozens of offices. We have made over 5
million volunteer voter contacts including over 1 million volunteer door
knocks across Pennsylvania. That voter contact is paying off in the
absentee ballot returns and clearly the President’s campaign sees it in
their numbers. That’s why they are playing defense in the Keystone state
as Governor Romney’s momentum allows us to expand the map.