2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The "Democratic" Party has lost its soul. [View all]4lbs
(6,855 posts)Saturday, from noon to 4pm local time.
They do try to schedule them so that 85 to 90 percent of the Democratic party electorate has the opportunity to vote on that day at the time range given.
The South Carolina primary had every possible advantage for Sanders to at least make a good showing. It was on a Saturday and the polls were open for 11 hours, from 8:00am to 7:00pm Eastern.
Nevertheless, Sanders' main constituency did not show up like expected. Why? Did they have other things to do that day? The primary date and time was known 6 months in advance.
Voters 17 to 30 showed up at a very low rate. Those that did, were majority for Clinton. Clinton did get the older vote (45 years old and older) at almost the same amount and rate as in 2008 and 2012.
One can make it as accommodating as possible for the party's voters to participate, and yet there will still be a segment that won't do so.