If this is true, then put up a Conservative as they demand and watch them show up in droves. You keep putting up liberals like Romney and just watch them go down in flames. Wake Up and get the country a conservative. They sure showed up in 2010 when conservatives were running.
That is Rush's argument. Unfortunately, the Republican Party no longer identifies with conservatives. In terms of the actual turnout, according to the CS Monitor:
But independents, like whites, were a slightly smaller share of the electorate in 2012. And a declaration of independence is not necessarily indicative of a voter’s ideology. Obama won self-declared moderates, 56 to 41 percent. Obama also took 86 percent of the liberal vote, while Romney won 82 percent of conservatives.