GOP vs. DEM Michigan turnouts

[jpak]

From teh Google...

GOP = 1,258,565

DEM = 1,171,796

Discuss

[arcane1]

1. Dem turnout would be even more dismal without Sanders n/t

[CrispyQ]

4. Dem leadership ignores this at their peril.

Sanders supporters who have always voted will probably hold their noses & vote for HRC if she's the nom, but all the new voters that Sanders has brought out? I don't see them voting for HRC.

[jpak]

5. My millennial niece told me...

"If it wasn't for Bernie, we wouldn't give a fuck about this election"

[CrispyQ]

6. They see that they have diminished opportunities as we continue to feed our rich.

Using our young people as profit centers & saddling them with tens of thousands of dollars of debt right out of the gate! What moron thought that was a good idea? Some greedy fuck, that's who. The demcratic party better wake up. Young people don't have years of loyalty to them & even some of us old farts are getting tired of having our vote taken for granted every election.

[MagickMuffin]

8. Perhaps the millennial's need to all give a fuck,

because if they don't vote and the Grand Obstructionist Party contains control of the 3 branches of government then they will only have themselves to blame for what happens to their country.


Do they think that Trump, Cruz, or Rubio care about their interests? To answer this for them, no they do not care.

Abortion could finally be illegal. Cannabis being overturned. Social Security abolished. GLTB's denied their rights. No health care. Who knows they might attempt to bring slavery back.

The millennial's need to consider their future very carefully. JMHO!

[Jim Beard]

9. From what I am hearing, young women are not as concerned about abortion

as the older women.

[MagickMuffin]

11. They should be concerned, there might be an occasion where they might need one

and if the law is overturned they might be facing what other women faced before Roe v Wade.

[RobinA]

10. Really

issues, not personalities.

[dmr]

12. I agree. We all need to be concerned about, at least, the Supreme Court.

A court of right leaning judges would last decades.

The Democratic candidates need to take a lesson from Ted Cruz. He's been spouting off a litany of doomsday if the Democrats win & stack the court with liberal judges. The Democrats need to explain what would happen under a Republican.

Another thing we need to be concerned over is 2020 & the U.S. Census. If the Republicans have control, they get to ramrod more drastic gerrymandering.

Democrats need to openly & loudly discuss what Republican governors and legislatures are catastrophically doing to our states, and the obstruction in our Congress & what a Republican would do in the White House.

Want to energize the voters, give them the dire reasons why their vote matters. The candidates, Congress, Democratic leaders, and all their pundits need to see the big picture and truly fight against what the right is doing to our nation.

Aw, hell, I'm so tired of our silence & tiptoes.

[davidn3600]

18. What has the Democrats done for them the last 8 years?

Nothing. No student loan relief. Tuition continues to sky rocket. Jobs are going overseas. And you got Hillary wanting to expand H1B visas to further reduce wages. Meanwhile, Obama gets in office and bails out the billionaires and lets them walk free without any prosecution or liability.

They honestly do not see Hillary as being any better than any of the Republicans. The way they view the election....Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. They are both in favor of war and both are pro-capitalists who favor only the rich.

And they have a very good point. Hillary Clinton won't do anything to hurt the rich. The rich will continue to accelerate their gains while the middle class wages stagnate.

[MagickMuffin]

19. But … What will the republicans do for them???

Apparently, it's all Obama's fault for having to deal with the Grand Obstructionist Party. They have blocked Obama's progress every step of the way. And they are still obstructing his policies/agendas.

I too, was cynical back in my twenties, I even voted for a libertarian once thinking it would make a difference. Never again!

I have been a precinct chair since 08. I am working on getting the youth involved in the democratic process. This country will belong to them one day, this is what a young voter told us last Tuesday during the Texas primary. They were excited to vote. I am hoping to cash in on their enthusiasm.

Every election matters. Whether it is for the Presidential election or the mid term elections I plan on getting my voters out to vote. We are the change. It won't ever get any better if people choose not to vote!

[Fast Walker 52]

20. very true

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. Well, duh.

Because then we'd already have a presumptive nominee and there'd be no point in voting in the primaries.

[arcane1]

23. We had three candidates at one time n/t

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Yup.

And now we have two.

[dmosh42]

2. Not a good omen for the home team!

[noamnety]

3. Tracks with governor Snyder's numbers

Last edited Wed Mar 9, 2016, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Snyder (R): 1,605,034
Schauer (D): 1,476,904

But we've been blue in every presidential election since (edit) 1992.

[1939]

14. 1984?

Mondale only took Minnesota and D.C.

[noamnety]

16. Oops.

I fixed it. My only defense here is that I'm incapable of reading a simple wikipedia page.

[whatthehey]

7. Kardashians get more viewers than Masterpiece Theater

But fewer awards.

[madinmaryland]

13. Here in SW Ohio I think I may have seen one tRump ad. I saw a Clinton ad

tonight, and I think I saw a Sanders ad last night. We have been inundated with ads for the three repukes attempting to replace Boner and a few ads for the democrats running for the US Senate.

Interesting, but the local evening news indicated that Clinton and Kasich are leading in the most ads.

I will be interested in seeing the turnout here in Ohio.

[1939]

15. Normally the small city where I live is awash with political yard signs.

Driving around today with only a few days till the FL primary, I saw one Trump sign and one Cruz sign.

No Rubio, no Kasich, no Clinton, and no Sanders.

[Jim Beard]

17. I am not extremely worried

This happens all the time in my communities primaries. Primary voting time, I won't get 10% turnout but come election time it triples. In my area, the Republican Primaries are just more exciting.

[Fast Walker 52]

21. Republicans are naturally more fired up after 8 years of Obama

the discrepancy was much worse in other states.