Democrats currently have an edge in the Ohio's most populous county : more than 60 percent of the nearly 48,000 absentee ballots returned from Cuyahoga County ( Cleveland is there ) as of Oct. 14 were cast by registered Democrats, while about 20 percent were cast by registered Republicans

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San Francisco Chronicle
Obama Under Pressure in Romney Debate Amid Early Voting
Lisa Lerer and Julianna Goldman, ©2012 Bloomberg NewsTuesday, October 16, 2012


Obama Under Pressure in Romney Debate Amid Early Voting

Some excerpts :

Ohio Edge

Today, Democrats have an edge in the state’s most populous county, Cuyahoga. More than 60 percent of the 47,756 absentee ballots returned as of Oct. 14, were cast by registered Democrats and 19.7 percent by Republicans, according to a report from the county board of elections.

There were 65,436 early votes cast by mail or in person through Oct. 14 in Franklin County, the state’s second most- populous county, including 23 percent from registered Democrats, 18 percent from Republicans and 59 percent from unaffiliated voters, according to data provided by that county’s board of elections.

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