2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: That story about the DNC no longer enthusiastically signing up young kids on campuses is a shocker! [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)than Republican turnout. From the link:
In all four states where Republicans have voted, they have broken the all-time records for voter turnout for each and every state. On the flip side, turnout for Democrats is down 28% in Iowa, 13% in New Hampshire, and an astounding 33% in Nevada.
I can add that SC looks to be at least 100,000 votes lower than 08 in a State that was supposed to be enthusiastic for one of the candidates. Super enthusiastic. She sure beat Bernie but she did not serve as a ballot draw there, thus far none of our candidates has. Bernie got more NH votes than anyone ever. NH turnout was still low.
The State and local Parties take their lead from DNC, and DNC should be leading them to register like mad but they are not.
In the end, claiming it is someone else's job won't solve the lack of voter pool come the Fall.
From the link:
Immigration advocate Alida Garcia said, "I can't wait until the summer when Democrats realize they haven't registered any voters this cycle. Turnout is down, folks. This ain't a political revolution; its fighting over the same piece of pie."
Alida Garcia served as the National Latino Vote Deputy Director for President Barack Obamas 2012 reelection campaign whereby she focused on developing the national Latino vote program in the 11 priority battleground states, which ultimately produced the highest Latino voter turnout in Presidential campaign history.
http://www.alidagarcia.com/biography/