Are we clear about the data we are dealing with? Are not these national figures about a presidential election that was decided in swing states? To make sense of all this do not we have to look at the numbers in a hotly contested state like Wisconsin or Virginia and compare them with a state which is not in question such as California or Utah?
Was there a disparity in Republican turnout in a sure thing state as opposed to a contested state? Was the turnout in Wisconsin, for example, close to what it was in the recall elections but the Democrats simply outperformed on the ground there? In other words, was the Republican and a Democrat turnout alike depressed where it is rational not to bother to vote because the outcome was known in advance, but was turnout along Republican lines equal to or only mildly depressed from expectations in contested states where the Democrats won because they outperformed on the ground?
Just askin'…
All excellent questions - I just hope the powers-that-be in the Republican Party spend a lot of time investigating the deficiencies in our own turnout before chasing the redherrings being tossed out there by the ‘rats and the MSM - like that ‘pubs are “not inclusive” (which might surprise Senators Rubio and Cruz) and don’t give minorities a chance (ask Mia Love and Alan West, Black Republicans who were both defeated for election by ‘rats voting for white males).......