It's not too late to register to vote in this November's presidential election.

Residents have until Oct. 6 to fill out a voter's registration card and/or update an address, says Judy Brown, Loudoun County's General Registrar. To check your current registration status, click here.

With all the buzz and excitement of the upcoming presidential election, you can imagine that Brown's office has been quite busy of late.

"We're getting 600 to 1,000 new voter registrations a week," she said.

Despite the activity in her office, Brown was kind enough to send me some voter registration figures. If you'd like to check out my rather crude spreadsheet using these Loudoun voting registration numbers, click here.

Back in Feb. 2008, right before the presidential primaries were held, more than 162,000 Loudoun residents were registered to vote. Since then, nearly 6 percent more county residents have signed up (171,750 as of Sept. 1, 2008).

The most significant Loudoun voter registration surge in the months since that primary has occurred in the Dulles District (9 percent), which includes the fast-growing neighborhoods of Brambleton, South Riding and Stone Ridge.

In fact, there are 67 percent more registered voters in the Dulles District, than there were four years ago.

Back then, when Loudoun was gearing up for the Kerry v. Bush election, the county had 135,592 registered voters and fewer precincts. The latest figures show there are 27 percent more registered voters in the county than there were four years ago.

Will these new voters favor Obama or McCain? History says Loudoun will go Republican (In 2004, Bush/Cheney carried Loudoun with a 55.69 percent win) but there are signs that the Dems are gaining local favor.

Last November, LoCo elected a Democrat-majority Board of Supervisors as well as a Democrat State Senator, Mark R. Herring, and Democrat Delegate, David E. Poisson.

On the other hand, a TIME/CNN poll released Sept. 10 shows McCain leading Obama in Virginia, 50 percent to 46 percent (plus or minus a 3 percent margin of error). The article states that Virginia polls indicate McCain is appealing to Independent voters.

Who do you think will win come November? Why?

Do you think an increase in voter registration favors one ticket over the other?

Also, watch this video from Washingtonpost.com about voter registration in Northern Virginia.