[Miss Marple]

I agree. An weird example of this occurred in Indiana. Our governor recently got the legislature to pass Daylight Savings Time. Before this spring we did not change our clocks like the rest of the country did. Quite a few people were upset by this, and it was an issue that the democrat congressional candidates used, even though it had nothing to do with Congress.

A LOT of people went to the polls and voted against Republicans because of this issue, and this was a motivator that got people to the polls.

Yes, they were being petty and stupid, but as I said before, their votes counted just as much as those educated voters.

[ElkGroveDan]

ping to #87...this is a perfect example of the "motivation" dynamic I talk about that causes huge swings in turnout. I can see people who have never voted or seldom vote getting mad about this odd issue and turning out in large numbers.