This ought to be a tossup right until election day, and Chabot has staved off serious challenges in the past, but things look great right now.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Local Congressional Races Featured
The Daily Kos features the local races, including Wulsin and Driehaus>
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Greenhills Voting Trends - Last Three Primaries

There has been some commentary elsewhere on the Internets suggesting that it might more likely to consider crossover voting with the intent of mischief in Greenhills, more so than the voters' consideration for the "current state of affairs" (e.g. War in Iraq, gas prices, housing market, flat wages, health care costs, etc.) driving the larger Democratic turnout. I had indeed made what I think would be a fairly sound assumption that the movement to the Democratic side of the ballot could actually result from the assessment that the community's own view of the situation would drive a better turnout. Challenged on this point, I'll post my thoughts in more detail over the next few days, as time permits.
One method of validation will come once the actual registration patterns are revealed at a household level. I would guess that we will see some of the mischief described above (R->D switches among long term Republicans, following Rush Limbaugh's directive), but not at the level that would account for the difference. Voter turnout, along with the number of new registrants will be another element to look at as well. Each will be a a topic for a later post. And a final point to consider will be declared voting patterns over the past 3 primaries.
To that final point, I think the chart, with vote totals from the last three presidential year primaries, suggests that there might be something happening in Greenhills. There has been a 305% increase in declared Democratic ballots cast in the village at the same time the Republican tally has decreased by nearly 24%.
One method of validation will come once the actual registration patterns are revealed at a household level. I would guess that we will see some of the mischief described above (R->D switches among long term Republicans, following Rush Limbaugh's directive), but not at the level that would account for the difference. Voter turnout, along with the number of new registrants will be another element to look at as well. Each will be a a topic for a later post. And a final point to consider will be declared voting patterns over the past 3 primaries.
To that final point, I think the chart, with vote totals from the last three presidential year primaries, suggests that there might be something happening in Greenhills. There has been a 305% increase in declared Democratic ballots cast in the village at the same time the Republican tally has decreased by nearly 24%.
One election is an anomaly. Three election cycles suggests a trend. More to come on this topic as well.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Greenhills: Total Presidential Primary Votes Cast

There was some compelling commentary on NPR this morning regarding whether the Obama will be able to pull in the Clinton supporters by November. It will be intriguing to watch over the next couple months, to see if in fact, as the contest becomes a two person race, whether Obama can overcome what has been an unhealthy and divisive (for Democrats) aftertaste of the campaign, up until the last couple of weeks. If McCain can be saddled with the "third Bush term" yoke, and those Americans with a racist chip on their shoulder can nonetheless see through broader benefits a more comprehensive change provides, we may see history made in November.
Update: I realized the chart might be hard to read:
Clinton 383
McCain 380
Obama 350
Huckabee 172
Romney 25
Paul 25
Edwards 8
Thompson 6
Greenhills Democratic Presidential Primary Votes

Clinton and Obama came out of the primary neck-and-neck, reflecting the competitive nature of the Democratic presidential primary throughout this election cycle. Given the demographics of the community, I'm actually a bit surprised by the strong turnout Obama has within the community. You'd think the way the media has portrayed in the more recent election cycles, I never would have guessed there were that many Elites (or for that matter, African Americans) in Greenhills for him to get 350 votes.
Kidding aside, I think this might, in our own little corner of RedState America, bode well for Obama.
Greenhills: More Dem Ballots Cast in Recent Primary

Now, how many were part of Operation Chaos?!?
Sunday, March 23, 2008
From My Email
Sunday, March 16, 2008
A Meeting of Greenhills Democrats, 3/20
Just a reminder that we are supposed to get back together again this Thursday, at 7pm. Hope you all can make it!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Chabot Aide Gets Caught Doing Campaign Work from House Office
Having worked in a congressional office, this is one of those things that you have to be careful about. We would get calls in the roll-up to campaign season in the office, and would have to refer them elsewhere, pretty quickly. Some of the mistakes are inevitable, and I put this in that category.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
All 7 Democrats Get Together in Greenhills
Well, actually, the 8th, former Mayor Ron Otting, couldn't make it. But we've decided to get back together on March 20th, at 7:00pm. Tell your uncommitted friends to be there.
(Kidding about there being only 8 Dems in Greenhills. I think snow kept the other 4 away).
(Kidding about there being only 8 Dems in Greenhills. I think snow kept the other 4 away).
Monday, January 7, 2008
Greenhills Journal
Natalie Corzine, Managing Editor, and what I understand are a dedicated troupe of volunteers, have continued to provide an excellent public service with the Greenhills Journal. I wish it had an online presence, but nonetheless it remains informative and reflective of our community. The closing of Johnny's Toys, news that I had not heard, made the front page this month, within days of the posting of the sign. That's lightning fast, stop-the-presses stuff.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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