How will the turnout turn out?
February 1st, 2008, 8:24 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Scott Shackford
Reporter Jason Smith took a look at local primary activism and found little to speak of, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a lack of interest.
We have been tracking visits to the Desert Dispatch on days when we have our live primary results, and we are noticing significant increases in both the number of page views and the number of distinct visitors. The state is reporting a recent jump in voter registration to the tune of 700,000 people over the 2004 presidential election. It’ll be very interesting to see how Tuesday turns out.
Also, because of the change in the voting system yet again, we’re being warned about slow result tallies. We may not be able to declare winners for Wednesday’s Desert Dispatch, but we will have our live vote counter online as we’ve been doing throughout the primaries so visitors can keep track.
