Republican voter turnout is now usually below the level Democrat voter turnout. From the graph, it looks like it's been suppressed since 1988. It shouldn't be. Bush 41, Dole, Bush 43, McCain and Romney just didn't motivate enough Republicans to bother to vote.
There’s enthusiasm for Trump that wasn’t present for Bush Pere, Dole, McCain and Romney.
Every day he is filling sold out stadiums. And people want to walk over broken glass to vote for him.
Early voting will soon begin in much of the country and I expect Trump to do much better than the polls show.
Things are looking up!
Here are the exact numbers from the last three election cycles for the two major candidates (Democrat in parentheses)
2004 - 62,040,610 (59,028,444)
2008 - 59,948,323 (69,498,516)
2012 - 60,933,500 (65,915,796)
Pretty consistent turnout for the Republican candidate the past three cycles - right around 60-62 million. You have to think that Trump is going to drive that to 70 million or more considering he will be drawing heavily from those who usually vote Democrat (i.e. white Democrat males). In the end, all those "never Trumpers" are going to come around. They will likely never admit it but so long as they do the right thing when then get in the voting booth, I can live with that.
Personally I think Trump has a shot at winning 75,000,000 votes. This will put him in epic landslide territory.