Wishful thinking will not get them to the polls. I can attest to that from a recent mayoral election in Jacksonville. Only 36% of the registered voters in a conservative area showed up with a tea party endorsed true conservative pitted against a Dem with no experience and accounting troubles with the NGA’s he headed. The Dem won.
I submit that the voters are tired of the whole mess in that no matter if they show up or not, we have the same big government types who end up winning in that they will just not trust anyone in politics any longer. That is the true hurdle we have to clear to get them to the polls.
The Establishment Republicans globbing onto Mitt for Brains will do nothing but fortify that pervasive attitude of the general public.
I don’t think most people tie their employment or economic situation to who is in the mayor’s office. At this point people can’t wait to get rid of this clown who talks about “gay month” or whatever it is instead of the jobs they need to have even a semblance of the standard of living we had five years ago.
Participation in my local elections is low as well; I don’t like it, but complacency is disappearing as people realize how precarious their hold on even a diminshed standard of living has become.