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5,117 - local neighborhood offices opened this morning by the Obama campaign in the battleground states that will decide this election

698,799 – number of shifts Obama volunteers signed up for in the last four days of the campaign

1,792,261 – number of voters registered by Obama volunteers in key battleground states– nearly double the number of voters the Obama campaign registered in 2008.

137,808 – number of voters registered by the Obama campaign in North Carolina who already voted, a state Obama won by just 14,000 votes in 2008

125,646,479 – personal phone calls or door knocks that resulted in conversations with voters (this doesn’t count robo calls on auto-dialers, mail, literature drops or any other non-volunteer, non-personal contacts).

1.4 million – number of non-midterm Democrats who have voted already

840,000 – number of non-midterm Republicans who have voted already (compare to Democrats’ voting above)

65% – percent of remaining votes Republicans must get in North Carolina to win the election

59% – percent of remaining votes Republicans must get in Iowa and Colorado to win the election

55% – percent of remaining votes Republicans must get in Florida and Ohio to win the election

52% – percent of remaining votes Republicans must get in Virginia and Wisconsin to win the election

Carole