Posted on 09/15/2010 3:57:19 PM PDT by Kaslin
Two sets of numbers tell you a lot about an important difference between election year 2008 and election year 2010.
In 2008, 37 million Americans voted in Democratic presidential primaries and just under 21 million voted in Republican presidential primaries. One reason for the difference was that the Republican nomination was decided earlier. But even counting only the early contests, Democratic turnout was 26 million and Republican turnout was 17 million.
This year, it's different. Only 13 million Americans have voted in Democratic primaries held before Sept. 1, according to Curtis Gans of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate. During the same period, 17 million voted in Republican primaries.
As Gans points out, that's historic. Democratic primary turnout has been higher than Republican primary turnout in every off-year election since 1930.
That Republican margin may narrow a little as the returns from this week's primaries come in from states such as New York, Massachusetts and Maryland, which have a lot more registered Democrats than registered Republicans.
Yet in California, where Democrats have a similar registration edge, almost as many Republicans showed up as Democrats.
What we're seeing here is a change — a sea change — in the balance of enthusiasm. That's been critical in a decade in which turnout in presidential years increased from 105 million to 122 million to 131 million.
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I’m enthused
Please join me in Tweeting @RNC, @NRSC, @NRCC, @GOPConference, @GOPLeader and any others you locate asking, demanding, telling them that Republicans want Constitutional Conservative Republicans to vote for and not Statist-RINOs.
Ask for the resignation or firing of Michael Steele and his replacement with a Constitutional Conservative Republican.
If a couple thousand tweets a day could be generated between now and when they fire Steele, perhaps the Republicans could once again become what they once were.
No one I know is donating to their State RNC or to the RNC or Senate or Congressional committees. EVERYONE I know is donating to their Candidates of Choice . . . and they choose Constitutional Conservatives . . . and even TEA Party favorites.
That enthusiasm needs to be nurtured. Refusing to support conservaive qualified nominees is not the way to do it.
I’m enthused that so many people are deluded into thinking things will really change.
“...telling them that Republicans want Constitutional Conservative Republicans to vote for and not Statist-RINOs.”
Been there, done that. The primaries are over, and there are literally HUNDREDS, even THOUSANDS of such great candidates running for Congress, state house, local races, Governor, etc.
Find candidates you like and support them. That’s the ticket for success in November!
When they tally up Tuesday’s numbers it will be a 6 million voter lead.
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