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What I wanna know is turnout in these primaries....some time ago I recall a post which stated this is "lowest turnout" in some number of years.

What I think is that if only 20% of democraps actually turned out to cast a ballot, then we are talking LANDSLIDE by epic proportions. So, comparing polling numbers doesn't exactly mean a victory for the opposition.

Anyone have these stats?

I can't speak for other states, but here in Michigan we had 3 types of voting. we had online voting, mail in voting and regular walk in voting.

The number predicted for the night of the caucus was about a half million. In reality only around 160,000 showed up give or take a few.

Voter participation in the front-loaded Democratic primaries that helped turn John Kerry into the party's presumptive nominee was among the lowest ever, according to a study released Tuesday.
An estimated 10.3 million people in 19 states and the District of Columbia cast votes in Democratic primaries through March 2, constituting just 11.4 percent of the electorate, said the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. The nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization specializes in voter turnout issues.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/09/politics1609EST0713.DTL

If you go to any primary state's results page, you can see the turnout.
For example in Virginia:
Statewide Results
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION
Precincts Reporting: 2377 of 2377 (100.00%)
Registered Voters: 4,253,483
Total Voting: 396,181
Voter Turnout: 9.31 %

Now of course you'll have to distinguish between total registered voters and those eligible to vote in the Dem primary. One would also have to compare with previous turnout. This year, early seperate primaries had high turnout (due to money and focus no doubt) such as New Hampshire (something like 23% turnout).