What worries me most.....

[kpete]

GOP shatters its turnout record; Democrats lag behind
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/10/gop-shatters-its-turnout-record-democrats-lag-behi/


AlGiordano @AlGiordano
Why Democratic turnout is underperforming GOP turnout may be the most important question to answer today.

AlGiordano @AlGiordano
The roughly 250,000 voters in NH Democratic primary underperformed from the 280,000 in 2008 even with the influx of Ron Paul Independents.

AlGiordano @AlGiordano
GOP turnout in NH however increased from 2008’s 234,000 to about 290,000 even with the exodus of libertarians. Who are these new voters?

AlGiordano @AlGiordano
Lower turnout is even more of an alarm button for Democrats considering that we’re only talking about white voters so far in Iowa and NH.

AlGiordano @AlGiordano
The numbers show that even among white Democrats a significant part of “base” feels neither inspired by Sanders nor Clinton.

[KingCharlemagne]

1. Not so sure this is as big a factor as you might think. Many Sanders supporters, seeing

the news of the upcoming Sanders win, pivoted to vote in the Republican primary where their votes might carry more weight.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. Hillary actually got lucky.

If they hadn't, she could have had a 30 point loss.

[KingCharlemagne]

6. Agreed. Hell, had I lived in NH, I might have been tempted

to vote for the Krispie Kreme, just to give him a shot at taking Cruz out next!

[Senator Tankerbell]

2. I think a lot of independents decided to vote on the GOP side because DEM side wasn't competitive.

That's why Kasich came in second. Kasich will not be the nominee. In a general election, with Sanders or Clinton vs Trump, those voters would vote for the Democrat.

[LonePirate]

9. The Repub side was never competitive either. Trump led every poll by double digits for 6+ months.

The Repubs thumped us in total numbers in IA as well which was far more competitive on the Dem side.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Neither Bernie nor Hillary is as 'entertaining' as Trump. nt

[KingCharlemagne]

7. Glad you put quote marks around 'entertaining' :) - nt

[B Calm]

5. Lot of Democratic voters voted for the worst republican candidate in their opinion.

[Protalker]

8. My faith in media restored

My concern has been the stealth movement of Cruz. He is a bomb thrower also. Of all places Morning Joe had Chris Matthews on. Matthews called Cruz what he is, subhuman. Yea!

[LonePirate]

10. Low Dem turnout is a potential catastrophe for us and almost nobody on the left is paying attention.

We could be facing a wipeout in November regardless of who our nominee is.