So how is this different than 2008? Did we feel then that many just stayed home?
Even the Republican voters who showed up did so grudgingly.
There was no enthusiasm for McCain. Except, perhaps, among his immediate family. And, consequently, millions stayed home -- to the surprise of nobody.
So, yes, this is different. Way different.
“So how is this different than 2008?”
Many stayed home, many did not give as much. Romney has $5M to spend in PA at the end of the cycle, to $650K for the billion dollar perma-campaigner (blah) - giving him a great shot there, and helping to bolster his efforts in other Rust belt states (imho.)
Difference - just general enthusiasm for the Romney/Ryan ticket and disdain for the other guy (what’s his name again??!!)
“So how is this different than 2008?”
Where I vote the Democrat to Republican advantage is somewhere between 3:1 and 5:1. It has changed over the years. In 2008 it took almost two hours to vote and I was nearly deaf from all the gabbling and hooting from Obama voters.
This year there were about 10 - 15% as many people there, and half of them were elderly typical white persons. Lightworker Hussein has lost his base. Bishop Willard will win this easily.