Depressed Democrat Turnout: The Iowa Story that Matters

[mystery-ak]

February 5, 2020
Depressed Democrat Turnout: The Iowa Story that Matters
By Fletch Daniels

While the most entertaining story of the Iowa caucuses was either the utter chaos and incompetence that unfolded or the sinister machinations of the Democrat party, depending on your take on the events, the more important story is getting far less attention.

 When given the first opportunity to turn out and vote for a candidate to oppose President Donald Trump, Democrats largely shrugged and said, "Meh."  Turnout was down almost 30% from 2008.

This is by far the most important story out of this primary, which is why it will be largely blacked out by the media.

While Barack Obama was not on the ballot, Democrats clearly expected a greater show of voter force when they were given the chance to do something other than howl their Trump derangement rage at the moon.

Smart Democrats understand this reality all too well.  Harry Enten is one of the smarter ones.

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[Bigun]

When given the first opportunity to turn out and vote for a candidate to oppose President Donald Trump, Democrats largely shrugged and said, "Meh." Turnout was down almost 30% from 2008.

And that tells the tale!

[LMAO]

The GOP also fell into this in 2012 against Barack Obama. It was believed that opposition to Obama in the form of the TParty  protest, the Chick-fil-A, protests etc. etc. were signs of  enough opposition to give Romney the White House.

 Barack Obama did lose 5 to 6 million votes from his 2008 victory. They just didn’t go to  Romney

 There is a belief that there’s enough Democratic Party outrage against Trump to bring them out in droves on election night and that may be partially correct. But it doesn’t seem opposition party outrage ever is enough to bring someone over the top based on history. It’s base enthusiasm that does it. I believe that there is far left enthusiasm for the likes of a Sanders or Warren, but I don’t think your rank-and-file Democratic voter is all that enthused with them

[sneakypete]

 There is a belief that there’s enough Democratic Party outrage against Trump to bring them out in droves on election night and that may be partially correct. But it doesn’t seem opposition party outrage ever is enough to bring someone over the top based on history. It’s base enthusiasm that does it. I believe that there is far left enthusiasm for the likes of a Sanders or Warren, but I don’t think your rank-and-file Democratic voter is all that enthused with them

@LMAO

Neither do I,with the exception of the big-city Dim voters,who are mostly parasites that live in big cities because that's where all the "free stuff" is. They will ALWAYS vote Dim because if they don't,they would have to get jobs and pay their own expenses.