Dem's edge in Pinellas grows
Back on May 3, the Times reported that registered Democrats in Pinellas County surpassed Republicans for the first time in 20 years. The day before, Democrats had established a 59-voter advantage. Well, the gap has continued to grow in the last two months. As of today, there are 233,611 registered Republicans in Pinellas and 235,591 registered Democrats, a margin of 1,980.
Of course, whether this means anything when it comes to election results is up for debate.
-- Will Van Sant, Times staff writer
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Pinellas Democrats believe in the RESPONSIBLE use of tax dollars to benefit ALL tax payers, not just a chosen few who lead their party.
Pinellas Democrats believe in fairness and equity for ALL PEOPLE, not just the chosen few who lead their party.
Pinellas Democrats believe in hard work and ethics.
Pinellas Democrats believe in working FOR THE PEOPLE, not their executive party's top donors.
Pinellas Democrats will study issues and make decisions based on common sense and the good of the entier community, not just themselves or their campaign contributors.
Pinellas Democrats work to uphold the Constitution of the State of Florida and the United States of America, they don't degrade individual rights as they envoke Jesus' name!
Pinellas Democrats are reasonable, level-headed people who believe in community, equality and liberty.
No wonder so many are flocking to the Democratic party in Pinellas.
Enough already with the self-serving zealots who use tax dollars to bank roll their private corporations and bail out their incompetent investment bankers! Goodbye, Good Ol Party boys!
A new day is dawning.
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 12:39 PM
and yawning-lets see who comes out to vote.
How many Pinellas Republicans won re-election unoppossed?
Kool aid is great in the summer but not in November.
GOP Person
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 01:57 PM
"unoppossed" is not a win, dink... it's an "apathetic appointment" at best.
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 02:16 PM
You have a lot of "conservative/Reagan Democrats" who have moved into Pinellas from the industrial midwest, which means the county is still center-right regardless of party affiliation. That is why the Republican Party continues to dominate the county.
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 03:07 PM
Dude... people are moving out of Pinellas in droves. Lay off the crack, you pinhead. Center-right in indeed correct... but even center-right will prefer new direction and leadership, over status-quo corruption.
And Pinellas is loooooooaded with status-quo corruption.
Posted by: Kevin | July 09, 2008 at 03:14 PM
The best comparison is registration today vs 2006 election day. In round
numbers, there are 4,000 more Dems,
3,000 fewer Reps, and 25,000 more independents. It is obviously better to have a net gain of 7,000 voters.
However, the big gain is a movement towards independents. Democrats have been about 10% ahead of R's in recent
polls among independents.
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Thank you Tony Dimatteo,the single worst chairman the republicans have ever had!
What a f ckin loser!
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 06:07 PM
The Republicans in Pinellas County have consistently won Independents and centrist-Dems.
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Unoppossed is a big win! The Dem's were going to contest every seat-oh well the unoppossed will take office without spending any time or money, so if that's not winning what is!
No-Maas No-Maas
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 08:44 PM
Democrats ARE centrists.
It's not at all radical to believe in equality, kindness and individual liberty.
It is radical however to believe that our Constitution could be eroded in eight short years.
Democrats are conservatives.
We've been pushing for environmental conservation for a long time. Now that the Republicans have figured out they can profit from being green, they're out in force. No bother. The movement is gaining momentum. We just have to keep Republicans from exploiting the environment in new ways.
Democrats are just plain and simple people who want to do right by their fellow man and their planet.
We realize that's a radical idea to close-minded, self-serving, bigoted capitalists. No bother.
We Democrats will keep doing right anyway.
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 10:56 PM
July 9, 8:44 pm = Tony Dimatteo
No maas no maas? THAT's Tony's signature line, for he is a soprano wannabe!
Posted by: | July 09, 2008 at 11:15 PM
No maas is Spanish, not Italian you Dem's should stay in school, but I do agree with 8:44 a win is a win!
GOP Person in good standing
Posted by: | July 10, 2008 at 05:14 PM
"GOP Person in good standing"
What does that mean... a non-slip floor in a public restroom?
"unoppossed" is not a win, dink... it's an "apathetic appointment" at best.
Posted by: | July 11, 2008 at 08:27 AM
8:27 They still get sworn in and take office!
Posted by: | July 13, 2008 at 10:53 PM