And that's the key difference. I showed up in 2012 and voted for Romney but it was out of sense of duty. I didn't jump out of bed that morning eager to get to the polling place. And then when I got to the polls, I was discouraged to see the lines shorter than they usually are at a presidential election. I knew then that Romney was in trouble as my precinct was heavy on the Republican side. Many people just didn't turn out.
I am so eager to vote this year that I'm going to look into early voting. That way if I happen to drop dead the morning of Nov 8 - at least my Donald Trump vote will have been submitted! And this is coming from somebody who HATES the concept of early voting.
This time, it may be the opposite. I might vote top of the ballot and leave the downballot blank. I'm completely fed up.