Where is the Republican enthusiasm? Their party is secretly worried.
I'm 43. I was born and raised in a conservative fundy home. I stomached my family's insanity until I turned 18 and rebelled, in typical fashion. I'm on the progressive socialist side of the spectrum. Point is, I know conservative politics well, then again, so do many here at DU. Since, 18, I've always voted Dem in every election.
Pre-election politics and campaigns are all about trends. Did a candidate say something stupid thus initiating the downward spiral of their candidacy?(bartering chickens, witches, pro-rape) That would start a trend that would sink his/her ship, regarding their campaign. Or, on the flip side, is the candidate we favor trending favorably due to an effective TV ad? Those are examples of pre-election trends. Same with polling. I've been a poll watcher since I was a young teenager, and I'm thinking that many here on DU have been near life-long poll watching political junkies, like me.
We've all developed an 'eye' for politics. We've all developed political instincts and can pick up on vibes, err trends that are happening across the political landscape.
Point is, the vibe/trend that I'm feeling from Republicans is..
Where is their rally flag? There is very little Tea Party enthusiasm left. In fact, there is little Repub enthusiasm in any real area of their party. They're turning off swing voters with their radical right-wing agenda's, govt shutdowns, filibustering our nation to a RW partisan gridlocked halt.
Republicans have a gigantic lack-of-enthusiasm problem with their voters. What are Repubs going to do to get their voters enthused and motivated enough to vote. This problems could even crack their otherwise reliable voting base. Lack of enthusiasm can certainly sway elections.
Even if there loyal voting base turns out, it takes more than just the party base to win in most elections. It takes a motivated base and a good percentage of swing voters to win elections, except for the deep red districts. However many red districts are coming more into play for Dems. We can't give up on the Dem voting people in those districts. They work hard for our party. If we support Dems in those districts, we can possibly flip them blue.
Republicans clearly have an enthusiasm problem that could play favorably for the Democratic Party if our party can unite and become energetic about the upcoming elections.
We need to approach this election with confidence while remaining vigilant and working to promote high turnout for Dems.
If we vote, Democrats will win this election.
Another major problem for Repubs that is also sapping enthusiasm on their side, no clear cut front runner for 2016 on their side. Repub pres candidates are looking more like a clown show. It makes their party look headless. Like a ship without a crew and captain.
Republicans have opened the door for Democrats to possibly win and win big in November.
Turnout from Democratic voters couldn't be more important but we also should be excited because our party now has a real chance at winning in Nov.
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and I hope you don't get offended. It's not my job to be school teacher, and I'm completely aware that texting has rendered correct spelling "not required." Of course you could have been spelling the word incorrectly for emphasis, but just asking. I know what you mean by "dieing" but it's really spelled "dying." There is a word "dieing" but it has a different meaning than I think you mean. And of course, you may not have learned English as your first language which then makes me look like a real jerk!
I also need to add that I myself have been corrected at times and have appreciated the help. I just have OCD and didn't say anything yesterday because I didn't want to be rude. So, please take my comments with a grain of salt.
combination of being too reliant on spell check and too much of a hurry.
And so times you just see what you want to.
