Don’t Get Too Cocky Republicans; The Turnout Numbers Say Democrats are Jazzed
Posted at 9:45 am on February 12, 2020 by Elizabeth Vaughn As my colleague Nick Arama reported here, it was a great night for Trump. With 97% of the New Hampshire primary results in, the President is at 85.7%. In other words, he’s now in Reagan territory. And Tuesday’s Republican turnout, currently around 120,000, far exceeds that of any other incumbent president seeking reelection.
Although this is certainly good news, Republicans shouldn’t get too cocky because the Democrats had a very good night as well. The most updated figures (97%) show that 283,440 Democratic votes had been cast. Based on that number, 100% would bring it to approximately 292,200, which is significantly higher than Democratic turnout in 2016 of 253,062 (and slightly higher than in 2008 when 287,527 were cast).
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https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2020/02/12/nh-dems-energized-democratic-turnout-in-primary-well-exceeds-2016-levels-expected-to-exceed-2008/