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w4rma

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Sun Feb 28, 2016, 05:01 PM Feb 2016

KING: Democratic turnout at primaries is down, and fewer voter registration drives could be to blame

Source: New York Daily News

Something is unraveling right now in the Democratic Party. Come November, it could cost them the White House.

For decades, the "Get Out the Vote" campaigns and voter registration drives have been driven by liberals. The logic is this: the bulk of unregistered voters in the United States have Democratic leanings. The more people who are registered and the more people who vote increases the likelihood that Democratic candidates will win.

College campuses and youth events are gold mines for unregistered voters. In previous presidential elections, you couldn't step foot on a college campus or go to a concert in the country without being hounded to register.

But it doesn’t seem to be a priority this year, and I can’t help but to think that party leaders don’t mind.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election/dem-voter-registration-leading-turnout-article-1.2545420

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KING: Democratic turnout at primaries is down, and fewer voter registration drives could be to blame (Original Post) w4rma Feb 2016 OP
DNC not pushing to GOTV tk2kewl Feb 2016 #1
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