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babylonsister

(172,766 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2012, 09:12 AM Jan 2012

What Happened to Republican Enthusiasm? [View all]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/04/what_happened_to_republican_enthusiasm.html

January 04, 2012

What Happened to Republican Enthusiasm?

John Avlon: "The most ominous sign for the GOP might be the low turnout in Iowa after the Tea Party-driven enthusiasms of 2010. Roughly 123,000 of 640,000 registered Republicans in the state turned out to vote, along the lines of 2008, when dueling Democrats absorbed most of the electoral energy."

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What Happened to Republican Enthusiasm? [View all] babylonsister Jan 2012 OP

Only 4% of all Iowans turned out to vote. RedCloud Jan 2012 #1

Sounds like 85% chose "none of the above". n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #2

OWS killed the Tea Party. joshcryer Jan 2012 #3

Nah. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #5

Fair enough. OWS just gave it a burial. joshcryer Jan 2012 #6

That could also mean 517,000 will vote Romney in November Gman Jan 2012 #4

Honestly I think Obama will take it to Mittens. He is so fake he comes off like Kerry did. Mittens southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #8

I do agree Gman Jan 2012 #12

Yep southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #14

right on! bigtree Jan 2012 #7

In this case they left it in church. asjr Jan 2012 #9

Voter Fatigue... KharmaTrain Jan 2012 #10

Hopefully, Iowans will realize how valuable each vote is. babylonsister Jan 2012 #11

Good point! You'd think that with all that 'enthusiasm' they would have had a record turnout. WI_DEM Jan 2012 #13

K & R Scurrilous Jan 2012 #15

They're jsut not that into their choices Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #16

That is a good statistic but I saw a report the other day that inspite of the downturn in Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #17

It was Newtered. Also, Mitt Happens. 11 Bravo Jan 2012 #18