Not really. The voter turn out in the 2012 election was down to about 52% of the voting age population, from 58% in 2008 and close to that in 2004. The media is reluctant to bring that fact out, namely that the public was not inspired by either man. Obviously, with Romney, conservatives had little reason to turn out , he was just a “me too, but a little less “ version of Obama, not willing to engage on social issues, etc. On the other hand, the left is never going to have as ideal a candidate as Obama again, especially with three coats of Teflon for anything negative. If the TEA party side can get an authentic conservative on the Republican line in 2016, there’s going to be a turn out that will roll the Democrats over.
Have you ever stopped to think that NOT voting is not a conservative value?
I HATED Romney; didn’t ever vote for the Father of Counterfeit “Marriage” in America. But I NEVER contemplated “staying home” on Election Day. Such a notion is the polar extreme of conservatism.