[William McKinley]

Primary Numbers

[Heatseeker]

Looks like I'm the one who stands corrected. :)

[Doctor Stochastic]

A rather misleading article. Weyrich compares the Democratic record turnout in New Hampshire to the Republican turnout of 2000. I guess he could have compared it to the number of eggplant pizzas sold in Aix-le-Bains and drawn just as valid a conclusion.

He again compares the Democratic turnout in South Carolina which was double that of 2000 to the Republican turnout rather than the East Carolina homecoming attendence.

He left out Virginia which had 395,000 in the Democratic primary compared to 365,000 in 1988. (Small sample, only two primaries.) Here more Democratic-Americans were expected to turn out.

His claim for the Oklahoma turn out disagree with other published figures: Weyrich claims 400,000 in 1992 compared to 300,000 in 2004, others claim 150,000 in 1992.

Other sources also compare Democrat turnout to Republican. This would be a valid point in the general election but not for comparing Democrat 2000 vs Democrat 2004 enthusiam.

[Fledermaus]

I have a few arguments with his numbers. If I'm wrong, I'm glad. First, Arizona. My search showed only 86,762 in the Dem primary in 2000. We agreed on the 2004 number.

Also, he compared Oklahoma to 1992. In 2000 the Dems had 132,847 and in 2004 302,169 in that state. So his comparison to 1992 isn't valid.

Yes, there were fewer in NM, ND and DC. Big deal. Those Dems are going to vote for any Dem regardless of who gets nominated.