Republican Voter Enthusiasm Advantage Halved In Past Month: Gallup

[sufrommich]

Republican registered voters' enthusiasm about voting in midterm elections this fall has dropped precipitously during the past month, cutting their enthusiasm advantage over Democrats almost in half, according to new Gallup polling data.

As Gallup's Jeffrey Jones notes, registered voter party preferences remain in a statistical dead heat, so voter enthusiasm is a key measurement of likely election results -- and Republicans historically have higher turnout. But the GOP's current 10-point enthusiasm advantage is at its lowest ebb since Gallup began polling "2010 election attitudes" in March.

A month ago, shortly after the passage of health care reform and not long before taxes were due, some 54 percent of registered Republican voters told Gallup they were "very enthusiastic" about voting. Now that number is back down to 43 percent, about the same as it was before health reform passed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/06/republican-voter-enthusia_n_565793.html

[FSogol]

1. Haw-haw. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

2. The Realization of Shooting ONES OWN FOOT is no way to go through OBSTRUCTIONISM

now they pay a price

loss of confidence

loss of support

loss of voter backup

If elections were held by party factors...the GOP would be doomed...due to GOP MEism

[Froward69]

3. unreccers = pathetic

scared are ya? suck on that! every Obama voter i know is going to the polls to vote straight DEM.

[babylonsister]

4. No kidding; proof positive we have freepers in our midst. nt

[gratuitous]

5. So March poll numbers aren't the be-all and end-all for November?

Who knew? I mean, besides anyone who's seen Underdog State take an early 15-3 lead over Juggernaut Tech and wind up losing 85-52? Or anyone over the age of 12? Yes, big gaps in "enthusiasm" (whatever that means) should be somewhat concerning, but it's hard for the Republicans to keep the frenzy whipped up. The people they're pandering to don't have real long attention spans. Not to mention that the GOP is running a mite short on money this go-round. It costs money to keep stirring the pot, and bucks spent on meaningless pep rallies means money not available for ad buys in September and October. Also, money spent on “safe” incumbents means money not available for insurgent candidates hoping to snag an upset victory.

We’re definitely into tortoise and hare territory, and slow but steady will win a lot of races in November.

[Mz Pip]

6. It's always a problem when you

peak too soon.

No place to direct all that anger, so it just starts to become background noise. Even now the teabaggers haven't done all that well in their primary challenges.