A6 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2012 NEWS LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM Early-voting data give THE SPOILERS Obama lead, or does it? VIRGIL GOODE By David Lauter Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — With more than 27 million Ameri- cans having already voted, Suit seeks to extend the Obama and Romney cam- Florida’s polling hours paigns have found a new top- In a state where legal action ic for disagreement: what do often goes hand in hand with the numbers say about who is presidential elections, the Florida winning? Democratic Party filed a federal In a conference call with re- lawsuit early Sunday to force the porters Saturday, top officials state government to extend early of President ’s voting hours in South Florida. The campaign insisted that they lawsuit followed a stream of com- Third-party vote could swing a state — and the election were building a lead in key plaints from voters who sometimes states that Romney would waited nearly seven hours to vote By Maria Recio support from Romney support- Obama when it comes to civil said in an interview. have difficulty overcoming. or who did not vote at all because McClatchy Newspapers ers in a state where Obama and liberties,” Johnson said, add- “He was Tea Party before “Our opponent is losing they could not wait hours to do so. The Florida Democratic Party asked WASHINGTON — If Tues- Romney are neck and neck. ing that he supported mari- there was a Tea Party,” Vir- among early voters in nearly Gov. Rick Scott and state election day’s election is as close as polls Stein, the Green Party can- juana legalization when he ginia-based Republican con- every public poll in every battle- officials Thursday to extend early suggest, the presidency might didate, also hopes to stir the was governor. sultant Tom Edmonds said. ground state,” Jeremy Bird, the voting. But Scott and elections of- be decided by Gary Johnson. pot in closely divided states And he is unapologetic Another close state, New campaign’s field director, told ficials rebuffed the request, saying Or Virgil Goode. Or Jill Stein. such as New Hampshire, as about possibly handing the Hampshire, with its 4 elector- reporters in a conference call. the process was running smoothly. They are third-party can- does , nomi- state and its 9 electoral votes al votes, could also be swung. Romney would have to win THE NEW YORK TIMES didates for president. While nee of the Justice Party. to Romney. “If Obama loses, A Libertarian draw from Rom- the Election Day vote with ma- none has a real shot at winning Johnson, a former two- he has one person to blame,” ney could deliver the state and jorities as large as 60 percent in the , any one of term Republican governor of Johnson said. “It’s not me.” its 4 electoral votes to Obama. some states in order to prevail, nibalizing” voters who would them could win enough sup- New Mexico, said he would Goode, who served in Con- Or, Green Party votes si- he said, citing polling figures. otherwise have voted Tuesday. port in a battleground state to be doing much better if he gress first as a Democrat, then phoned off from Obama could Republican officials coun- Neither side can be sure of throw the results to President could have been part of the an independent and finally as turn the state to Romney. tered that Obama’s margins its numbers, of course — the Barack Obama or Republican debates or even be included a Republican before being de- “This could be such a had fallen below those that early votes have been cast, but . It’s happened in more of the polling. feated in 2008, is on the bal- strange election that Johnson he achieved in 2008, suggest- won’t be counted until Tues- before, and recently. In 2000, “I’m in very few polls. And lot in 26 states including his or the Greens or Goode could ing that made the president day. Instead, the campaigns Green Party nominee Ralph polls in and of themselves home state, like Colorado one matter,” said Steven Schier, a vulnerable to an Election Day draw inferences from the party Nader’s 1.6 percent of the vote generate interest,” he said. of the most closely divided in political scientist at Carleton push by the GOP. registration those who have in Florida forced a recount and His standing could be piv- the country. College in . The two sides also disagree voted early and other informa- possibly the eventual election otal in Colorado, where voters The Republican Par- The success of third-party over whether Obama’s early- tion they have about the voters outcome in favor of Republi- are closely divided between the ty was so worried about Goode candidates largely rests on in- vote efforts have succeeded in who have gone to the polls. can George W. Bush. two major party candidates. A or Johnson drawing votes from dependent voters — the same turning out sporadic voters — In some states, the statisti- Johnson, the Libertar- Nov. 2 Denver Post poll found Romney that in September ones that Obama and Romney those who only show up for cal picture seems fairly clear. ian Party candidate, is on the voters split 47 percent to 45 they challenged their eligibility are seeking. some elections — or wheth- In Nevada, for example, where ballot in 48 states. More im- percent for Obama over Rom- to be on the ballot. The effort “Independents call them- er the campaign has simply early voting finished Friday, portant, he was drawing the ney. A CNN poll the day be- failed and Goode is only too selves independent for a rea- drained the pool of available Democrats have a formidable support of 4 percent of likely fore tested Johnson’s support happy to have his message of son — perhaps because there Democratic voters early. lead, solidifying the forecasts voters in one poll in Colorado, and found 4 percent of likely jobs-for-Americans — with a is something about the two Democrats insist the in- from polls that have suggest- a swing state. His support for voters leaning his way. moratorium on green card im- parties that they either dislike formation they have gathered ed Nevada will wind up in the a marijuana initiative is draw- While the Libertarian mes- migration until unemployment or disagree with,” said Uni- through voter contacts makes president’s column. ing voters who otherwise sage of minimal government is 5 percent — be heard. versity of New Mexico politi- them confident that they are The picture seems more fa- might vote for Obama. usually resonates with Repub- “There’s so little difference cal expert Michael Rocca. “In getting the sporadic voters vorable to the Republicans in Goode, the Constitution licans, in this case, Johnson between Republicans and a close election, those 10 per- they have targeted. In a memo Colorado, where early voting Party candidate, is supported knows he’s drawing from the Democrats on issues that mat- cent true independents could to reporters, Republican of- also ended Friday and where by about 1 percent in his home Democrats. ter to me that it doesn’t mat- be the difference between ficials contended that the almost 80 percent of the vote state of Virginia, likely drawing “I am more liberal than ter who gets elected,” Goode winning and losing.” Obama campaign was “can- in 2008 was cast early.

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