“Democratic strategists think the early numbers show a 2020 electorate that’s bigger, younger and more diverse than in 2016 — and not just shifting forward votes that would have otherwise arrived on Election Day,” Axios reports.
“So far, first-time and infrequent Democratic voters are outpacing registered Republicans with larger margins than in 2016.”
Key example: “In North Carolina, nearly 1 in 5 ballots cast so far come from those who didn’t vote in 2016.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.