Enthusiasm Gap Should Worry Republicans

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/26/enthusiasm-gap-worry-republicans/

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Amy Walter: “One thing that should scare Republicans—and make them think that the 2016 strategy may not be sufficient in 2018—is the enthusiasm gap. Back in 2016, Republicans were wary of Trump but they turned out and voted for him because they didn’t like the alternative and they were willing to accept the half-good versus the awful. Their ambivalence with Trump was outweighed by their disdain for Clinton. Two years later, they don’t have Obamacare repeal, a GOP-led Congress is getting little accomplished and the president continues to behave in a non-presidential way. With Hillary Clinton no longer on the ballot, the incentive to turn out is no longer quite as immediate or intense.”

“Meanwhile, Democrats, who were also less than thrilled about their nominee in 2016, are totally united in their disdain for Trump.”


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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Heard fox poll showing drastic change in how they will vote now, vs a month ago

in the favor of sanity, that is...

Will GOP be suppressing the white vote soon too?

[DFW]

2. They will suppress voting in every district they think has a Democratic majority

Look for this to get worse and worse and worse.

Remember the quote attributed to Stalin:
Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.

[hibbing]

3. "the half good"?

Just what the hell does that even mean?


Peace

[Dawson Leery]

4. Clearly I am the base.

Since I always vote.