[Cyber Liberty]

I think the total number of votes cast going down would send a more poignant message.

They get a message, but they quite reliably learn the wrong lesson: They think the voters aren't turning out because the candidates aren't "centrist" (read that: "liberal") enough. Voters are "turned off" by "conservative" candidates. This is how we got Romney and McQueeg.

[trubolotta]

They think the voters aren't turning out because the candidates aren't "centrist" (read that: "liberal") enough.

I think the GOPe crowd is stupid, but not quite that stupid. Nonetheless, voting for the opponent of a RINO cannot possible do any good. I am not going to vote for the "lesser of two evils" and I sure as hell am not going to vote for evil in protest.