Anyone Look At The Rhode Island Numbers? Republican Turnout Sucked. [View All]

[Mark E. Smith]

The hottest politcal story in the country today was the RI Republican race for
Senator. And did the GOP voters there turn out in numbers reflecting all of the
attention and excitement of this very important race?

Looks like the vaunted GOP "get out the vote" operation didn't actually deliver
the voters.

Senator

Chafee 33,685
Laffy 26,961 Total vote = 59,961

The Democratic race was a foregone conclusion, yet compare the turnout.

Whitehouse 65,627 (More than Chafee and Laffy Taffy combined!)
Young 8,463
Sheeler 6,387 Total vote = 80,477

Congress

Patrick Kennedy 33,956
2 GOPpers 16,974

Governor

Fogarty 68,149
Some Gop 50,853

Looks to me like the GOP voter just wasn't all that inspired to vote in a race that
the RNC pumped a whole lot of cash and manpower into, while Democrats turned
out in far greater numbers for races that were pretty much already decided.

Looks like the GOP can't get their folks out.


http://electionri.com/Results/TopTicket.htm