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In reply to the discussion: 27 Percent of New York’s Registered Voters Won’t Be Able to Vote in the State’s Primary [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)closed Primary but we have high turnout and well informed voters. We do not make people register 6 months in advance, we do not have limited polling hours nor any of the other restrictions that NY State has.
11 States have closed Primaries. Only NY has a 6 month lead time on registrations from another Party. PA, it's 30 days out.
The fact that you have a narrative to tell means nothing to me. I think your narrative is full of shit and missing important details like turnout figures.
"The state wide average turnout for the 2010 election was 49.22%, meaning that this percentage of eligible voters actually voted. The average voter turnout for state wide offices in 2006 was 53.25%, significantly higher than in 2010."
http://www.uakron.edu/bliss/research/archives/2010/TheRepublicanSweep2.pdf
Then 2014: "Ohio tied for the nations seventh-largest voting drop (22 percent) from 2010 to 2014.
With 36.2 percent of eligible voters in Ohio casting a ballot in the November 2014 general election, the state was 34th in turnout, compared with 19th in the 2012 presidential election"
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/03/12/ohio-3-other-big-states-hurt-2014-election-turnout.html#
Your voters do not vote much. With that crappy turnout. 'cross overs' and such are just not in play. Your registered Democrats do not bother to vote for Democrats.