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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,005 posts)
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 07:37 PM Nov 2014

It has always been so...

1) Mid term participation is always much lower than general election participation.
2) Republicants are much more reliable voters.
3) Consequently we don't do as well in good years and much worse in bad years.

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