While I was waiting to get into the Fort Collins rally I noted to the guy waiting next to me I was a Republican voting for Obama. He asked me how many of me were there and I said I didn't know. When Barack Obama asked if we had early-voted nearly everyone, including myself, raised their hand.
At this point we have statistics cross-referencing party registration against early balloting. But, what if I am not so rare?
Update: More Recent Info from the comments:
A total of 697,972 votes (that's still a bit dated too), which represents 32.5% of the total '04 vote.
Party
Dem 38.6%
Rep 37.9%
No/Oth 23.5%
Ballot
Absentee 81.6%
In-person 18.4%
Answer to the question below the fold:
First the Denver Post:
Registered voters
Total: 3,202,465
Democrat: 1,050,634
Republican: 1,062,986
Unaffiliated: 1,069,615
Mail-in ballot requests
Total: 1,540,107
Democrat: 563,742
Republican: 540,229
Unaffiliated: 427,040
Mail-in ballots turned in
Total: 250,574
Democrat: 96,104
Republican: 99,306
Unaffiliated: 54,040
Turnout at early-voting centers
Total: 20,601
Democrat: 9,173
Republican: 6,309
Unaffiliated: 5,016
It's hard to tell whether this is good or bad news until the following nugget came in today's Rasmussen poll:
Among those who have already voted, 57% back Obama compared to 42% for McCain. The Republican has an 11-point lead among those who have not yet voted.
Either a lot of Democratic votes came in after the Denver Post story or there are a lot of Obamicans or both!