Reply #115: No, the party got it's arse kicked because people did not go vote.

[MADem]

That's the bottom line. The turnout was HORRIBLE.

You don't vote, you can't complain, really. At least if you're able to vote, that is.

http://www.whytuesday.org/2010/11/07/2010-turnout-not-good/

Despite great enthusiasm and predictions of higher voter turnout, 2010 midterm elections were only a slight improvement from the 2006 midterms, when just over 40% of voters headed to the polls. This time around the total was 41.5% according to Michael McDonald at George Mason University.

Young voters stayed at home in greater numbers than in recent elections, and an entire third of voters who came out in 2008 didn’t show on Tuesday.