FRCAction
9/29/16
In a race as tight as this one, everything comes down to turnout. And that's exactly what Democrats must be afraid of after seeing Gallup's latest numbers.
The GOP holds a distinct advantage in the likely voters for the November 8 elections -- an 11-point advantage to be exact. For the president's party, the percentage of Americans planning to head to the ballot booth is at a 16-year low, a drop that analysts blame on their "uninspiring choice" for president. Enthusiasm is significantly lagging for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, especially with young adults -- who helped deliver the last two elections for Barack Obama. (Maybe Republicans aren't the only ones rethinking another four years of this failed liberal experiment.)
While Americans are giving a similar level of thought to the presidential election compared with previous years, the percentage saying they are certain they will vote is lagging," Gallup explained. "This likely reflects the persistently poor images of both major party nominees, as well as Hillary Clinton's difficulty in winning over the young adults who were much more favorable toward Bernie Sanders than toward her when Sanders was running for the Democratic nomination." Gallup's numbers paint a different story for Republicans, which, at 76 percent, is down a bit from past years, but still steady enough to give the GOP a double-digit lead in turnout.
"Still, by 76 percent to 65 percent, Republicans remain more likely than Democrats to say they will definitely vote, a gap that is similar to 2012 but higher than in previous elections," experts at the survey house explain. "Further, the 65 percent of Democrats saying they will definitely vote is well below their average for the prior four presidential elections (77 percent), whereas the 76 percent of Republicans saying they will definitely vote is only a bit lower than their prior average (81 percent)." Bad news, Hillary, one headline read. "You're looking less 'inevitable' every day."
Maybe that's how Arcan Cetin knew to exercise a right meant for U.S. citizens.
The case of the Cascade Mall gunman, who shot and killed five people in Washington State last week, took an interesting twist this week, when federal officials revealed that Cetin was a green card holder and not eligible to vote (something he did three times). That didn't seem to matter in The Evergreen State, one of the many that doesn't require proof of citizenship to take advantage of the greatest privilege of every American. Now, Arcan is staring down a $10,000 fine or five years in prison on top of what his murder sentence is.
https://www.frcaction.org/updatearticle/20160929/illegal-immigrants
