What has bothered me in Georgia and primaries, is that the number of registered republican voters significantly

[JohnSJ]

outnumbered the number of Democratic voters.

In California where we have other primaries and issues other than President on the ballot the turnout was dismal, and California makes voting so easy.

https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-primary-voter-turnout/#:~:text=Based%20on%20today%27s%20updated%20umbers,projected%20based%20on%20early%20numbers.

I expressed this concern when I observed the same thing in the Michigan primary, where there were more republican voters than Democratic voters participating in the primary, and it was argued that is because they already knew who the primary candidates are, and there was no motivation to vote in the primary. Even assuming that assumption is valid, if the republicans outnumber us in voting in the respective primaries, I think that is a real problem that we need to address. If we don't have turnout, especially among women, young people, and minorities, it will be tough.

[rso]

1. RSO

But don’t forget that Biden won his primaries by much higher percentages than did Trump, meaning that about 20 to 25 % of republicans voted for Haley, which in turn means that many of those Haley voters will not vote for Trump and some will vote for Biden as confirmed by interviews.

[Omnipresent]

2. We're on the downswing until all voters are reminded about what the GQP has done for them.

Biden is raking in more cash to blanket the airwaves to do this.

[Ocelot II]

3. The Democratic primaries were effectively uncontested.

There was never any question as to the outcome, and apart from some performative "uncommitted" voting none of the challengers made a dent in his vote totals. Where the result is a foregone conclusion a lot of people don't vote. On the GOP side, however, while it was always clear that Trump would eventually win, there seemed to be a fair number of voters who wanted to express their preference for a Republican who isn't him. I don't think this is evidence of Democratic apathy at all.

[TwilightZone]

4. There is no correlation between the primaries and the GE.

They are two very different groups of people. People don't vote in the primaries when the outcome isn't in doubt. On the Democratic side, the nomination was never in doubt. Phillips was a sideshow.

There actually is no historic correlation between primary turnout and general election turnout. None. The highest turnout in a Democratic primary—before the outlier of 2008—was in 1988. Gov. Michael Dukakis got killed in November. Democratic primary turnout was actually lower in 1992—two million fewer Democrats voted in the primaries that year. The drop in turnout didn’t stop Bill Clinton from winning the general election convincingly.

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/272381-the-truth-about-primary-voter-turnout/

We can use it as motivation, certainly, but it's neither worth the effort people are putting in trying to analyze it, nor the consternation. In the end, it doesn't matter.

[greymattermom]

5. There is no party registration in Georgia

They just ask you what ballot you want every time. In Fulton especially, votes for Nikki Haley are Dems voting ant Trump.

[Think. Again.]

6. I don't see an issue...

...The vast majority of Dems are confident Biden will be our candidate, no need to get excited about the primaries, and all the other indications say there will be a massive Blue turnout for the general election. 🌊

[Midnight Writer]

7. Turnout will be the decisive factor in the fall. I hope we are up for it as much as they are.

[Torchlight]

8. I think those numbers speak more to the contentious primary the GOP is having

rather than a lack of will or enthusiasm by other voting demographics.

[MistakenLamb]

9. some of these primaries are without key down ballot elections

Georgia for example doesn’t have their congressional and statehouse primaries until May 21