"Another explanation is that Democrats are more likely to be what political scientists call “peripheral voters,” people casually interested in politics who don’t feel compelled to vote in every election.
Their decision about voting is more likely to be influenced by outside factors such as rain."
In other words, Democrats tend to be lazy and uninformed. Tell me something I DON'T know.
I've been saying this for weeks, and maybe today will prove me wrong, but the "average" Democratic voter is not energized by this election, at least not in my neck of the woods.
I live in a heavily Dem neighborhood. Every year, signs and more signs for every Dem candidate on the ballot are staked out in yards.
This year, there are signs, but only for a local school board race which is non-partisan. I've seen as many Crist signs as Davis signs in our neighborhood. It's very strange, but I'm hoping it's a foreboding of the reality that Dems won't be turning out en masse.
I'll know later today. Usually there are lines, and since my son is voting early this AM before his classes, hubby is voting at lunch and I'm voting in the afternoon, we'll have a pretty good idea of turnout.
Nothing could make me happier than the MSM being forced to admit that "Democrat Wave" they've been measuring was really just a mirage. It's just an echo chamber created by the 20% of voters who make up the angry, outrageous, blasphemous, trash-mouth Left.
Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to measure how many DU-types stayed home pounding their keyboards because they didn't want to get wet?!!
Tell me about it. I voted first thing this morning here in NJ. The guy ahead of me, already in the voting booth, stuck his head out from behind the curtain and asked the poll worker "How do I vote for Menendez?" (yes, really).
Poor motivation and easily distracted. The modern Democratic Party appeals to people who lack ambition, the "gimmee" voters.