I'm sure you have heard the Sean Hannity and the Mark Levin wingnut types of the world say that Obama really did not bring in many new voters to the 2008 election. Well, compared to 2004, about 4.5 million more people voted in 2008 than 2004. That is more new voters than the total votes in 11 states combined, representing 37 electoral votes!
Total New Voters in 2008: 4,418,952 (and still counting).
Compare this to the total vote in the 11 states below. Note the tallys for the states below represents the total vote in 2008, not new voters.
State Total Votes
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Alaska 297,423
Montana 487,030
Idaho 651,678
Wyoming 246,329
New Hamp 707,648
N. Dakota 315,987
S. Dakota 381,902
Delaware 375,187
Rde Island 436,289
Vermont 311,289
Hawaii 452,332
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Total 4,365,671
Still have some wiggle room and might even be able to fit in DC -- 226,000 votes -- when all the absentee and provisional votes are counted!
Great GOTV effort. Congrats Team Obama and Team Blue