GOP Droping in Voting Rolls

The national GOP playbook on voter suppression won't be enough for the Republicans this year.

Beyond the major structural problems with the election and the weakness of John McCain (polls aside), the GOP is seeing significant drops in voting rolls in many states.

Writes Jennifer Steinhauer:

But for a shift away from one party to sustain itself — the current registration trend is now in its fourth year — is remarkable, researchers who study voting patterns say. And though comparable data are not available for the 21 states where voters do not register by party, there is evidence that an increasing number of voters in those states are also moving away from the Republican Party based on the results of recent state and Congressional elections, the (political science and election) researchers said.