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[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

While many campaigns talk about getting out the vote, for 4.2 million Californians, about 27 percent of the electorate, getting out to vote means mailing in their ballot, the Bee reports. This is a good thing, as permanent absentee voterstend to be more reliable, but this remains one area in which CaliforniaRepublicans maintain a registration advantage.

A new Field Polls show Bay Area voters are particularly inclined to vote absentee, which could sway the results of the February presidential candidate whois able to utilize this voting group, the San Francisco Chroniclereports. On the Democratic side, this would appear to benefit HillaryClinton, who has already gone to work courting those who vote by mail,but it's an open game. Rudy Giuliani has made similar efforts on theGOP side and is counting on California because our Republicans tend tobe a bit more moderate.

Hillary is also one of the Democratic presidential candidate who has "found religion" and is engaging with the Evangelical community through straight-talkabout AIDS and other global challenges at Pastor Rick Warren's churchin Lake Forest, as indicated by this Orange County Register report.This is a discussion worth having, because many religious voters areconcerned about more than just abortion and gay marriage.

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