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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Tweet of the afternoon (election enthusiasm is high and early): (Original Post)
applegrove
Jan 2020
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saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)1. Wahoooo,
The orange menace can get out his base. Can we Democrats exceed their efforts, schemes, dirty dealing, hacking, tabloid style smearing, voter suppression and Russian hacks/money?
I think we can. I'm willing to give it my all.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
frazzled
(18,402 posts)2. And yet voter enthusiasm doesn't appear to translate into voter turnout
Despite the close, high numbers on enthusiasm for each of these presidential years (71, 68, 69, and 70 per cent; 2016 is an anomaly, since it was not a presidential election year), the actual voter turnout in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 was (with numbers for voting age population, followed by numbers who voted):
2004 219,553,000 122,349,000 55.7%
2008 229,945,000 131,407,000 58.2%
2012 235,248,000 129,235,000 54.9%
2016 250,056,000 138,847,000 55.7%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
applegrove
(118,022 posts)3. 2016 was an Presidential election year. But good points.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
frazzled
(18,402 posts)5. Oops, yeah. But it's still an anomaly of sorts
Since the low enthusiasm turned out, uncharacteristically, to translate to higher rather than lower actual turnout. Thanks, Trump!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The higher the turnout is, the better for Dems.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden