Do you think part of the reason turnout is down this year in the GOP elections is because

[Tony_FLADEM]

of the Citizens United ruling? I know the Republican voters don't like their candidates and this is the main reason. But you have all these millionaires and billionaires spending at will and having influence. Perhaps this is dispiriting some of their voters and the same would even happen in a Democratic election if you had wealthy people doing the same.

[JI7]

1. i think if it was competitive between Santorum and Gingrich they might have got higher turnout

but i also think a good number of republicans were upset sarah palin didn't run.

[MADem]

2. I don't rule anything out. I think having a lousy selection might have something to do with it. nt

[ingac70]

3. They blew their wad with the Tea Party in 2010...

People have had a year to deal with the consequences of that election, not just on a national level, but a state and local one as well. They peaked too soon.

[kysrsoze]

4. I think it's ironic, but the reason for low turnout this year is the laughable GOP candidates

This is the worst field of candidates I could ever imagine. Some of these idiots make Bush 43 look reasonable - hell, I guess he was when it came to the auto bailouts. I'm glad he said he'd do it again - just makes them all look like even more supreme assholes.

I think these results don't bode well for the GOP as a whole, in the 2012 elections. I'm thinking it's going to be a horrible turnout for the GOP, with lots of independents going to the Dem side, and lots of Repubs staying home. I could possibly be a huge landslide for Dems.

It'll likely still be Rmoney as the GOP candidate, but after all this, it won't matter who it is.

[Scootaloo]

5. No, generally republicans really do believe in the concept of one dollar, one vote

So that's not it.

It's simply the fact that all their candidates are miserable fucks on every conceivable level.