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Democratic Enthusiasm in Colorado, Minnesota

Posted by Matt Ortega on February 5, 2008 at 10:11 PM

The Washington Post's Josh White reports from Colorado on packed crows for their caucus:

Colorado’s caucuses opened at 7 p.m. local time (9 p.m. EST) tonight and were facing an expected crush of voters. Bill Compton, political director for the state Democratic Party, said some locations were so full that people were spilling into the hallways. [emphasis added]

A friend writes from Minnesota:

Usually we have about 50 people show up for our caucuses in a small town in a county that's been Republican since the Civil War, even during the heyday of the Farmer-Labor years in the 1920s and 1930s.

Tonight? Almost 300 voters.

Two words, six syllables, say it with me now: "Enthusiasm gap." Change is in the air and the wind is at the backs of Democrats.

Updated at 10:50pm: The Washington Post has more on "historic turnout" in the state of Minnesota.

"The turnout is historic," said Kelly Schwinghammer, a state party spokeswoman. "I'd venture to say we've probably never seen anything like this. [...]"

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