Pollster Larry Harris says that disparity is not unusual, because it generally reflects where
the most number of registered voters live in the area that was surveyed.
Not exact matches
A couple
of states have had higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but
most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the
number of registered voters has grown since last time.
Additionally, the analysis found 155,692
registered North Carolina
voters whose first and last names, dates
of birth and final four Social Security
number digits match
voters registered in other states but who
most recently
registered or voted elsewhere.
The
most recent Board
of Elections statistics show that
registered Democratic
voters in Harrison have grown by 494
voters, or 9.3 percent, while Republican registration
numbers have grown by 206
voters, or 3.7 percent.
Marginals without a large student population have seen only modest rises in
registered voters, although these
numbers could have an impact in tight races in what has become one
of the
most unpredictable elections in history.