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2016 Postmortem

Hawaii Hiker

(3,165 posts) Sat Aug 23, 2014, 04:38 PM Aug 2014

In the Kentucky primary in May, the Democrats had a better turnout

And McConnell had a somewhat competitive challenger in Matt Bevin....I mean, if Grimes and the other Democratic candiates can get more votes than the Republican candiates, in a state as red as KY., that should bode well for her in November, no?..

http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/results/primaries/kentucky

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In the Kentucky primary in May, the Democrats had a better turnout (Original Post) Hawaii Hiker Aug 2014 OP

Not particularly surprising FBaggins Aug 2014 #1

Great to see the D turnout, WOW, the numbers of voters in Kentucky! please vote everyone! Sunlei Aug 2014 #2

Yes! RussBLib Aug 2014 #3

FBaggins

(26,729 posts)

1. Not particularly surprising

Reply to Hawaii Hiker (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 08:13 PM

Aug 2014

Last time around, even with seven Democrats vying to replace McConnell... two of them attracted more primary votes than he did. But he still won by 6%.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

2. Great to see the D turnout, WOW, the numbers of voters in Kentucky! please vote everyone!

Reply to Hawaii Hiker (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 03:04 PM

Aug 2014

RussBLib

(9,006 posts)

3. Yes!

Reply to Hawaii Hiker (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2014, 03:07 PM

Aug 2014

...maybe the American people have finally caught on to the bigotry and greed of the GOP, despite the flooding of the airwaves with BS the likes of FOX and Rush.

Can always hope.

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