[sickoflibs]

RE :”Wrong!! In a deep blue State like yours the expectation is it will remain so and this depresses the Rep voter. However when the turnout is high DESPITE the fact they believe the State will stay blue it means this same excitement among Rep. will ocurr Nationwide and we benefit in those States we can and must win.”

High turnout in a Dem state means lots of Dems are voting. This is pretty simple to follow.

If Dems there were demoralized then that Dem state would have low turnout. Maryland had huge turnout in 2008. Was that a good sign?

[dfwgator]

Depends on which parts of Maryland.

[TalonDJ]

High turnout in a Dem state means lots of Dems are voting.

Wrong. Even in a mostly Dem state there are many many Repubs. They often don't bother voting. High turnout is not automatically the whole crossection. It could be just the repubicans.

[PermaRag]

You are absolutely right. But Maryland didn't just have "huge" turnout in 2008, they had record-setting turnout. Not just in the number of voters, but in the percentage of voting-age population that actually voted.

And that went sooooo well for the Republicans.

Factor in that MD's demographics haven't exactly improved in the last 4 years, and the supposedly large turnout we're seeing in 2012 might mean than Bonzo gets to 65% instead of the mere 62% he got in '08. Or maybe a few more R's are coming out and we hold him to 59%.

[Lacey2]

My understanding was this high turnout was in a heavily Rep. District and it was being compared to 2008 turnout. In that case it is not just good, it is great.

[SeattleBruce]

“High turnout in a Dem state means lots of Dems are voting. This is pretty simple to follow”

Oops, except his point was that he lives in a Republican oasis within MD and sees high R turnout...