3/14/02 From txgop.org
Twenty million dollars may buy a lot of television ads, but it apparently didn’t buy much enthusiasm for Tony Sanchez among Texas Democrats.
Despite Sanchez’s record-breaking $20 million spend-a-thon as well as several high profile, hotly contested races on the Democrat ticket, Democrat primary turnout for 2002 was depressingly low. In fact, Democrat turnout was the second lowest for a gubernatorial election in 30 years
See the second chart here--------LINK
Meanwhile, 2002 Republican primary turnout was the second highest for the same time period for a gubernatorial election.
Now, using Democrat logic, these dismal results mark a turning point for Texas Democrats – a resurrection for a party that has lost every single statewide office over the past ten years.
In fact, the head of the Democrat Party recently bragged that the primary numbers mean “Democrats are back with a passion.”
If setting the second worst record for your party means you’re “back,” where in the world have you been?!?
Suffice it to say that rumors of the Democrats’ resurgence have been greatly exaggerated.