I never changed the registration after voting for Ron Paul in the 2008 presidential primary.
"Bay State GOP ranks shrink, data indicate" by Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | September 9, 2010
They may have ignited sparks after US Senator Scott Brown’s January surprise, but Massachusetts Republicans are still bleeding voters.
The latest voter data show Republican registration has slipped to a recent low — just 11.34 percent of those registered to cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary.
That’s a smaller share than four years ago, when then-Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey was the Republican nominee for governor and 12.7 percent of voters were registered Republican....
Democrats have lost a small share of voters too, since the last election for governor. Now, 36.65 percent of Massachusetts voters are Democrats — down from 36.95 percent in 2006.
The ranks of unenrolled voters, who are not affiliated with either major party and who often swing statewide elections, increased by 187,383, from 49.51 percent of voters in the 2006 primary to 51.44 percent this year.
Translation: Voters DO NOT LIKE EITHER PARTY!
"Taking a measure of voter mood; Candidates make their final pleas before today’s primaries" by Alan Wirzbicki and Michael Levenson, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff | September 14, 2010
:-)
Do you sense resentment in the room? Frustration?
HAVERHILL — Candidates across the state launched their last-ditch appeals to voters yesterday as the busiest primary season in memory built to a frenetic close, with today’s verdicts at the polls being carefully watched as a sign of the electorate’s mood heading into November....
You already know how we are feeling.
Today’s ballots are unusually crowded, with both parties picking candidates for the state’s open congressional seat and Republican contenders running in districts that have not seen real competitions in November — much less a GOP primary — for years. Republicans are hoping for a strong turnout, often an indication of an energized electorate....
Political analysts said the level of the GOP turnout, and whether challengers in Democratic primaries are able to topple longtime incumbents, will offer the first test of how strong anti-incumbent feeling remains in the Commonwealth eight months after Scott Brown stunned the political world by winning a special election for the US Senate....
I won't be voting for any.
Related: Insurgents vs. Incumbents
Not like the Globe is biased or anything.
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Globe is bringing out the big guns, too:
MARLBOROUGH — Senior women legislators fanned out across the region yesterday in support of freshman female representatives facing election challenges, saying the push was particularly significant in this 90th anniversary year of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
“The whole point of supporting other women is to make sure that they feel they are supported and that they can run for office,’’ said Patricia Haddad, a Somerset Democrat who is the assistant majority whip of the House....
So we can mark you down for Palin in 2012?
The departures leave open the possibility that the Legislature could see a net loss of women — a change that would mark a comedown from 2009....
I don't care about gender, race, or all the other divisive subgroups.
Will they DO the JOB we WANT THEM to DO?
Massachusetts lags behind a number of other states in its percentage of female state legislators....
What?
Smug, self-righteous Massachusetts?
Priti Rao, director of the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, said, “Women supporting women is how we get to equal representation. Women worked really hard for the privilege so we want to make sure that women are exercising their right.’’
Palin, 2012.
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