Democrats Out Polling Republicans in Early Voting

The McHenry County Democratic Party is acting, well, like a party.

Its chairman, Tom “This is our year” Cynor has someone looking at the names and parties of people who have voted early.

And, he was “happy to share the information.”

He should be, considering what he found.

As of the end of voting Saturday, 2,056 people had voted.

1,054 Democrats

990 Republicans
4 Greens

Can you believe that?

51.3% Democrats

Someone people are certainly working for their presidential candidate(s).

There were also 6 people who only voted in some referendum. Guess they don’t care who is nominated president or state's attorney.

I think it is safe to say that the level of intensity of support for presidential candidates is stronger among Democrats than among Republicans, although I did see my first Republican presidential bumper sticker on the way home from McHenry Friday night. It was for Romney, the best financed of the GOP candidates.

In politics, intensity counts for a lot.

More at McHenry County Blog, where you can read about the 94-year old who wanted to vote for "the guy who was in prison."

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Romney Picks on Patrick Fitzgerald

When I saw the first Republican Presidential Debate, I noted that Patrick Fitzgerald would be out, if Mitt Romney were elected president.

Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass noted the same thing in his Thursday column:

The famous varmint hunter, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, implied he’d pardon Libby and he personally attacked the special prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago, an attack that will win Romney points among the GOP power brokers in the Illinois Combine now under federal investigation.

There’s a bit more you read here, if you wish.


More every weekend at McHenry County Blog, of course.

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