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Depressed Democrat Turnout: The Iowa Story that Matters
American Thinker ^ | 02/05/2020 | Fletch Daniels

Posted on 02/05/2020 7:37:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind

While the most entertaining story of the Iowa caucuses was either the utter chaos and incompetence that unfolded or the sinister machinations of the Democrat party, depending on your take on the events, the more important story is getting far less attention.

When given the first opportunity to turn out and vote for a candidate to oppose President Donald Trump, Democrats largely shrugged and said, "Meh." Turnout was down almost 30% from 2008.

This is by far the most important story out of this primary, which is why it will be largely blacked out by the media.

While Barack Obama was not on the ballot, Democrats clearly expected a greater show of voter force when they were given the chance to do something other than howl their Trump derangement rage at the moon.

Smart Democrats understand this reality all too well. Harry Enten is one of the smarter ones.

"If you go back to four years ago, what the Iowa Democratic Party has said is this is about the same exact turnout," Enten observed. "That is not particularly good[.] ... There's supposed to be all this excitement around the Democratic Party wanting to beat Donald Trump. And this isn't the only data point that shows that."

"Not particularly good" in liberal speak translates to catastrophic.

The problem for Democrats is that only one of their candidates excites anything resembling passion, and he is the one candidate that the Democrat establishment power players are doing everything in their power to torpedo. At the same time, they are desperately pushing the least inspiring candidate in the entire field, although that impossible dream might be over post-Iowa. For Democrats, voting chicanery is practically a national spectator sport, but one would have thought they would have at least kept their fraud powder dry

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2020; democrats; iowa; primaries
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1 posted on 02/05/2020 7:37:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah when I read that the Rats turnout was low that spoke volumes.


2 posted on 02/05/2020 7:41:48 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: SeekAndFind

This is the real story

Depressed turnout

How can you beat Trump if your own party is like, “eh whatever”. Takes the whole “everyone wants to defeat Trump” narrative out.

Depressed Turnout and Bernie winning the Caucuses, I called it


3 posted on 02/05/2020 7:42:00 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: SeekAndFind

Going in off year counts, in 2008, 239k participated in the dem caucus, and in 2016, 171k participated. They are on track to be the same as 2016.


4 posted on 02/05/2020 7:42:04 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: HighSierra5

Yeah when I read that the Rats turnout was low that spoke volumes.


But the Fake News was reporting turn out was high because everyone hates Trump!

Funny how fake news always lives up to its name


5 posted on 02/05/2020 7:43:06 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: KC_Conspirator

Still down

If they are not anymore energized then they were in 2016, they lost 2020


6 posted on 02/05/2020 7:44:02 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: SeekAndFind

Given the choice between a doddering old man, a fake Indian, a communist, and a guy with a husband, who can blame them?


7 posted on 02/05/2020 7:44:15 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

You forgot the micro billionaire.


8 posted on 02/05/2020 7:45:28 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: SeekAndFind

Many D’s either think Trump can’t be beaten, or they like our economy too much to lose Trump, or both. IMHO.


9 posted on 02/05/2020 7:45:57 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: SeekAndFind

WI and PA are the only States I am worried about right now that Trump took.
If Bernie heads the ticket, I think we can eliminate that worry.
Biden is done so that puts NV, CO, WI and MN in play.


10 posted on 02/05/2020 7:46:08 AM PST by Zathras
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To: SeekAndFind

Low Dem voter turnout is actually a vote for Trump. Look the hardcore wackos will always be motivated to vote for the most fringe candidates, but Democrats who have not quite stepped onto the crazy train will just stay home as a very passive means of voting for Trump.


11 posted on 02/05/2020 7:47:16 AM PST by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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Even as Democrats are running into a voter enthusiasm challenge, President Trump is not. He just hit his high water mark in a Gallup poll with a 49-percent job approval rating. In this hyper-partisan environment in which nearly every national media story is a ruthless attack on him, that is staggeringly high, especially considering that his approval among Republicans is 94%.

That is a pretty good paragraph.

12 posted on 02/05/2020 7:51:07 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: SeekAndFind

Have you seen Biden on the campaign trail, I mean watching a Blue Spruce grow is more inspiring.


13 posted on 02/05/2020 7:53:12 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: SeekAndFind

Turnout was down almost 30% from 2008.


I know someone who thought it might be fun to go but wasn’t worth their time.


14 posted on 02/05/2020 7:55:39 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Oscars are this weekend and all the brilliant, highly-educated, deep-thinkers in Hollywood will advise the sheep how to vote.


15 posted on 02/05/2020 7:55:58 AM PST by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess they only get excited about voting for ineligible Kenyans from Indonesia.


16 posted on 02/05/2020 8:04:18 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bernie / Buttgiggle 2020...

Preparation H / Anal Lube 2020...


17 posted on 02/05/2020 8:07:46 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Someone may have said this, but the bigger story is the GOP turnout in a non-contested (practically) caucus.


18 posted on 02/05/2020 8:09:41 AM PST by FlipWilson
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RE: but the bigger story is the GOP turnout in a non-contested (practically) caucus.

OK, can you tell me how it turned out?


19 posted on 02/05/2020 8:10:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: KC_Conspirator
Going in off year counts, in 2008, 239k participated in the dem caucus, and in 2016, 171k participated. They are on track to be the same as 2016.

.....and Trump won Iowa in 16'

20 posted on 02/05/2020 8:22:14 AM PST by thingumbob (Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
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