Voter turnout in these primaries

[tiredtoo]

Talking heads on tv want to know why aren't the Democrats coming out in droves?
A few thoughts: The Democrats consider the top 5 all worthwhile and will vote in general whoever the candidate is.
Voter suppression is having an effect on the numbers.
What do you think?

[RandySF]

1. Obama vs. Hillary was a once-in-a-lifetime primary.

[Celerity]

8. it was certainly so far in mine, but I was born in 1996, so not a giant sample, lolol

I also was a 12 year old living in London back in 2008 so missed all the fun.

[Dem2]

18. And yet it seems NH may have beaten that total tonight

[HerbChestnut]

2. I don't know, but it's concerning.

I wonder if it might just be political fatigue. The last four years have been exhausting with the 2016 election and dealing with Trump.

[evertonfc]

3. voter suppression

isn't the issue. I don't know what is.

[griffi94]

4. That could easily be it

It's also only just started and it's Iowa and NH.

[PatSeg]

5. I didn't vote in the primary in 2016

because I didn't really favor one candidate over the other. Of course, I voted in the general. I think you are probably right.

[Azathoth]

6. Depression

Trump has successfully made this whole election season toxic. I think a lot Democrats are uninterested in fighting an epic primary. They just want to skip the whole thing and get to the part where they vote for something -- anything -- that isn't Trump.

[showblue22]

7. Negative campaigning

suppresses turn out

[SMC22307]

9. Voter suppression in Iowa and New Hampshire... is that a thing?

This process has dragged on entirely too long and a lot of people have tuned out. I hate to say this but I'm sort of to the point that I just don't give a shit anymore and just want one candidate to rally behind to beat Fat Nixon. DNC, don't ever do this again.

[tiredtoo]

10. LOL

I am a political junkie but i tend to agree with you. Too bad we don't have some law the restricts political campaigns to a given length like they do in Canada.
Laws may keep some countries' elections short, but other factors allow America's to go long — large amounts of money being chief among them

[SMC22307]

13. Agreed. The amount of money spent,

wear and tear on candidates, sniping over petty crap, etc. is ridiculous.

[Skid Rogue]

11. The primaries are NOT about beating Trump.

It's about beating up on each other. (That's why Bloomberg is gaining traction. He's staying focused on the objective.) After participating in the Doug Jones vs Roy Moore election, I'm not too worried about overall turnout in November. Democrats hate Trump like no other candidate in my life time. Putin is going to have to work overtime.

[squirecam]

12. I think it's concerning

We need turnout to win in November.

[Renaissance Man]

14. Milquetoast Candidates

Black voter here.

These candidates are 100% milquetoast. Notwithstanding Sanders and Bloomberg, I don’t see any of these folks exciting enough to blow the roof off of general election turnout.

[UniteFightBack]

15. So throwing dump out of office isn't 'exciting' enough. Whatever we'll vote for Bloomberg then

if we don't want exciting....

[tiredtoo]

16. Here is a link detailing the voter suppression in New Hampshire

Deals with college students.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/11/08/new-hampshire-voting-law?fbclid=IwAR1USgMwpZvAwZzVUVVo2ZA2hhAw82yi4dsM-_wZiRMdkwdjytl10Z2HpQA

[Dem2]

17. Kornacki just suggested that tonight's primary may beat record setting 2008

So, let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet.

[tiredtoo]

19. Can you imagine what it would have been

If New Hampshire hadn't passed that law suppressing college students votes.

[Dem2]

20. Be interesting to compare the vote before and after these restrictive laws

I'm guessing some students end up voting in other states where they are from versus fighting with NH's stupid law.