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Warpy

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3. Two things caused this

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 08:52 PM

Jul 2015

First, governors are elected in off years in a lot of states, meaning only the compulsive voters bother voting. More and more, it's right wing churches doing GOTV. The Democrats haven't bothered.

Second, the message of the party in these off years has been "business as usual," trying not to scare conservatives away. That means the base, getting killed by business as usual, has not seen a reason to go out on a cold November day to vote.

The party is overdue for a shakeup, a big one. One hopes it is coming.

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