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Democrats’ voter turnout for primary was low, but not unexpected
The Las Vegas Sun ^ | June 19, 2022 | By Jessica Hill

Posted on 06/19/2022 5:44:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

While more Nevada Republicans than Democrats voted last week in the primary election, the overall turnout of 23.92% was “not too impressive” but also “not too surprising,” said David Damore, professor and chair of the UNLV department of political science.

About 220,472 Republicans voted, or about 35% of those registered, according to the Nevada Secretary of State Office’s website as of Thursday. About 135,296 Democrats voted, or 18% of the party’s registered voters.

National Republican Senatorial Committee Spokesman T.W. Arrighi said in a statement that “you can’t manufacture voter enthusiasm out of thin air, and a primary voting disparity like this in Nevada is special.”

“Democrat policy failure on a historic level has helped move Nevada further and further toward the GOP,” Arrighi said.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: election2022
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1 posted on 06/19/2022 5:44:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Almost no one supports the Democrats. But they can still come up with 81 million ballots if they need to.


2 posted on 06/19/2022 5:47:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't want to be part of a union of 50 states. We tried that. It doesn't work.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There’s unexpected and now there’s the expected or not unexpected.


3 posted on 06/19/2022 5:47:23 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

With the price of “capitalist” gas being what it is, the “democrat” drop box voters couldn’t afford to drive to a drop box to drop off their completed stacks of “mail in” ballots.


4 posted on 06/19/2022 5:48:31 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Primaries are just that, primaries. We’ll see in Nov how many votes (ballots) the left can create.


5 posted on 06/19/2022 5:48:35 AM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“you can’t manufacture voter enthusiasm out of thin air”

LOL…the Republican turnout rate was TWICE the Democrat rate. You CAN generate enthusiasm out of rampant FJB.


6 posted on 06/19/2022 5:49:27 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Here’s the kicker........

Everybody knows the failure of the Democrats to sucessfully produce their socialist/Euro/UK agenda. Since the socialist cuse is lost, who make the effort to go vote?

Democrat low voter turnout will exacerbate the problem and the wipeot at rhe polls


7 posted on 06/19/2022 5:54:59 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro-Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Democrat policy failure on a historic level


and the dems say “hold my beer”


8 posted on 06/19/2022 5:55:30 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

so most of the rats voted in the Republican primary?


9 posted on 06/19/2022 5:56:02 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Turn out will be very low for the midterms too. But RATs will win anyway,


10 posted on 06/19/2022 5:56:59 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Couldn’t they just ride the bus? That way they don’t need to buy gas.


11 posted on 06/19/2022 6:00:35 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“so most of the rats voted in the Republican primary?”

Well, that’s what Freepers were saying about the GA primary. However Nevada has a closed primary system, you have to be registered as a Republican to vote in the Republican primaries (and same for Dems). I guess the doom and gloom crowd will have to take a break from eating worms and come up with some other explanation.


12 posted on 06/19/2022 6:14:01 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: PeterPrinciple

That’s why conservatives need to find and run MAGA red Donald Dem DINOs in ‘Rat primaries.

Otherwise we fight half a battle.


13 posted on 06/19/2022 6:19:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Flick Lives

LOL.

And soon the unanticipated unexpected.


14 posted on 06/19/2022 6:54:28 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

the Republican turnout rate was TWICE the Democrat rate

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Amazing when you consider that Republicans don’t do much of anything to motivate their voters to turn out for them. Just saying.


15 posted on 06/19/2022 6:56:48 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Doing their best to make an apple pie out of horse apples.


16 posted on 06/19/2022 6:56:53 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Primary election turnout is a weak indicator of general election turnout. A good leading indicator is voter rolls. A couple Freepers used to post voter registration statistics prior to the 2020 general election. (Another reason not to believe Brandon received 81m legal votes.)


17 posted on 06/19/2022 6:56:54 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Bernard

EVER been to NEVADA???

MUCH MORE open rural space than city bus ride spaces.


18 posted on 06/19/2022 6:58:21 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wait, who still identifies as a DEM these days given how the country is utterly imploding? /s

Just for reference, have met one BidenIdiot voter who openly acknowledged such. No doubt have met more but they not going to acknowledge they voted for BidenIdiot. Hmmm.


19 posted on 06/19/2022 7:02:06 AM PDT by cranked
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Damned Putin.


20 posted on 06/19/2022 7:04:08 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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