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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSo far very low voter turnout in Michigan
For a party that wants the President out of office badly these primaries are showing no interest to rethug voters http://www.freep.com/article/20120228/NEWS15/120228029/Low-voter-turnout-so-far-in-Michigan-blamed-on-little-interest-in-primary-ballot-confusion?odyssey=nav|head
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So far very low voter turnout in Michigan (Original Post)
bigdarryl
Feb 2012
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I wonder who this works to the benefit of. I know POTUS, but still.....Hee Hee...n/t
monmouth
Feb 2012
#1
it actually says that Turnout is about the same as 4 years ago, maybe slightly lower.
Mr.Turnip
Feb 2012
#6
monmouth
(21,078 posts)1. I wonder who this works to the benefit of. I know POTUS, but still.....Hee Hee...n/t
Raven
(14,275 posts)2. I think it probably works against
Romney. The Santorum fanatics will come out.
K Gardner
(14,933 posts)4. Well, yeah.. it's early yet ! Who knows when they'll crawl out
of the woodwork.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)5. I bet you're right.
Romney supporters are half-hearted, while the Frothy fans are--well--frothing. A lot of weak Romneyites will forget or get too busy or otherwise blow off the election.
K Gardner
(14,933 posts)3. This would work in Romney's favor since he overwhelmingly
won the early voters.
Mr.Turnip
(645 posts)6. it actually says that Turnout is about the same as 4 years ago, maybe slightly lower.
Though Santorum doesn't need a lot of Crossover for him, just enough.