{"id":25853,"date":"2012-02-01T07:03:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T14:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/what-would-happen-if-you-held-an-election-and-nobody-came.html"},"modified":"2012-02-01T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T22:35:17","slug":"what-would-happen-if-you-held-an-election-and-nobody-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/what-would-happen-if-you-held-an-election-and-nobody-came.html","title":{"rendered":"What would happen if you held an election and nobody came?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over on the Dem side, there've been a lot of worries over the last year that Obama's change from "Yes We Can" in 2008 into "Let Me Offer Some Major Concessions First" through his first term would drive down Democratic turn-out this coming November.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for the Dems, the same turn-out problems might plague the GOP, too, as the primaries\/caucuses have seem a lot fewer Republicans coming out to cast their vote than expected — and with a substantial percentage (38% in FL) of Romney voters wishing someone else<\/i> would run for the nomination.<\/p>\n

Of course, it's early days yet, and one thing or another might energize one side or the other (or both). But it's worth remembering that low turn-out usually means more extreme turn-out, which isn't good for anyone except extremists. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Maddow Blog – The GOP's ongoing turnout problem<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere can be little doubt that Mitt Romney dominated in Florida's Republican presidential primary, but there were a few tidbits in the exit polls that stood out, including this one:\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Over on the Dem side, there've been a lot of worries over the last year that Obama's change from "Yes We Can" in 2008 into "Let Me Offer Some Major Concessions First" through his first term would drive down Democratic turn-out this coming November. 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