GOP Beats Dems In Primary Turnout For 1st Time Since The Depression

Five Thirty Eight:

For the first time since the 1930s, participation in Republican primaries exceeds participation in Democratic primaries, according to a report by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at American University.

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Comments

[lovbug]

09:16 PM on 09/15/2010

Let's not forget that only 16% of registered Republicans voted in Delaware, Dems and Independents did not vote. So, we know nothing until after the November elections. All this rejoicing by conversatives are premature. Stop with the scared tactics, please.

[BocaMom]

11:45 AM on 09/15/2010

No big surprise. With over 25 millions out of work and losing their homes, farms, stores and life savings, it's how to be a loyal Democrat when Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have done nothing to help the economy and create jobs. Instead, they have given millions of our taxpayer dollars to Wall Street, the Banks, and all their financial supporters.

[Aripottah]

11:11 AM on 09/15/2010

In this case, it appears that teabaggers recognized fellow neanderthals, hence the overwhelming rethuglickan turnout.

[RUKidding0]

11:23 AM on 09/15/2010

Your statement implies massive Tea Party support, but it was unnecessary. The vote tells all.

[RUKidding0]

10:51 AM on 09/15/2010

14 Sept 2010: seething rage among the electorate turns into seething outrage at years of arrogant and tyrannical Social Democrats and dismissive disgust at Republican accommodators to the transformation of America to an overweening social democratic state.

This marks the beginning of the end of the social democratic state.

[eyeonamerica]

11:36 AM on 09/15/2010

Thank you, Heinrich Himler.....we thought you were long gone.

[Stanwyck]

10:20 AM on 09/15/2010

I guess it's just a coincidence that we have our first black president and the GOP is turning out for the primaries. Just a coincidence.

[seanj]

10:27 AM on 09/15/2010

Clinton got the same treatment.

[sc300nc]

10:47 AM on 09/15/2010

It is a coincidence. It is not a coincidence that he is the most liberal president ever elected.

[seanj]

10:05 AM on 09/15/2010

Every poll says the inds. are going with the GOP this time. Gonna be a blow out.

[den1953]

10:12 AM on 09/15/2010

If it is a blow out why is Karl rove saying the republicans that are Tea party candidates likely to lose their respective elections?

[sc300nc]

10:17 AM on 09/15/2010

Karl Rove has his opinion. He has been wrong in the past. Watch the delaware polls in the coming weeks. It's going to be a race afterall.

[seanj]

10:21 AM on 09/15/2010

Not what he said. He said the Del. race will be lost.

[eyeonamerica]

11:38 AM on 09/15/2010

The only blowout is the collapse of thirty years of conservative repugliKKKan lies and illusions
fed to the alienated go-getters and upper income manic depressives.
They are the ones who are tripping.

[beaverlocal]

10:01 AM on 09/15/2010

Amazing what a Black President can accomplish!

[seanj]

10:06 AM on 09/15/2010

Nothing to do with color. Clinton faced the same thing. Most of the country is conservative.

[namewithheld]

10:11 AM on 09/15/2010

Except when you ask them about the issues,

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/progressive_majority.pdf

[beaverlocal]

02:56 PM on 09/15/2010

I am refering to the formation of the Tea Party. You are right though that they attacked Clinton all eight years.

[samtee]

10:00 AM on 09/15/2010

Here comes the tidal wave.

[sc300nc]

10:14 AM on 09/15/2010

Grab your board dude, the surf's up!

[akrazyrunner]

11:15 AM on 09/15/2010

Who is paying you to be here?

[Mando1]

09:52 AM on 09/15/2010

I think the GOP is fighting for it's soul right now so the turnout makes sense. It's super sad to see moderation become an insult amongest my Republican friends... As the Tea Party Brown shirts come up with the ludicrous policy ideas...

[RUKidding0]

10:59 AM on 09/15/2010

The Republican Party will either change it's "soul" from perennial accommodaters of the social democratic state to repealers of it or the party's "soul" will be repealed and replaced.

This date marks the beginning of the end for accommodation to the social democratic state.

[kopanko]

09:41 AM on 09/15/2010

HOW MANY TIMES, and over HOW MANY YEARS have Dems been warned about drifting away from their base, and their distinguishing principles?

The Democratic party of today, is the Republican party of 30 years ago... only more compromised, corporatist and anti-democratic.

WE WANT OUR PARTY BACK.

[Zinfendale]

09:48 AM on 09/15/2010

How about a "coffee" party?

[kopanko]

10:54 AM on 09/15/2010

That's a touchy subject w me--I like (actual) tea, not coffee, lol.

[MNTom]

10:06 AM on 09/15/2010

Right - on.

[Needawinner]

09:35 AM on 09/15/2010

The reason so many turned out may be attributed to so many of them are now unemployed and they have seen that their party zuks and are voting for the teabuggers.

[heymack]

09:48 AM on 09/15/2010

Unemployment is 9.5%? Unemployment at the peak of the so called booms in the 90's was at 4.5%? That is a difference of 5% of the working force or about 7.5 million people.....roughly. The voters are turning out in much larger numbers than that.

[ScottV]

09:51 AM on 09/15/2010

Unemployment has nothing to do with it, fact is in many races there is no viable candidate running against the incumbent Dem so why turn out. The real issue is what happen to moderate Republicans and why did they not turn out?

[CurrencyIsKing]

09:34 AM on 09/15/2010

Not looking good. I think I can hear the theme song from Jaws and there are a whole bunch of libs in the water. Hey why isn't Rahm swimming? Oh he had something to do in Chicago.

[sambaso777]

09:30 AM on 09/15/2010

Take this as an early warning sign, if Dems decide to sit on their laurels Nov could be a disaster for them. It doesn't matter all that much that some of the candidates on the GOP side are radical Tea Partiers who aren't supported by a majority of voters. If Dems sit at home come November, they will lose, since most election results could have gone the other way if not for the millions who sit at home and let others decide their political fate. It doesn't take a majority to win congress, it just takes a more dedicated and mobilized base and Dems should realize that before its too late.

[RobHunt]

09:33 AM on 09/15/2010

"if Dems decide to sit on their laurels"

Laurels? What laurels? You're delusional.

[sambaso777]

09:38 AM on 09/15/2010

I know, lets not prepare for possibilities, only certainties. If its not sure to happen, its not worth discussing. I mean, why warn about something that probably wont happen? Its not like we teach kids fire drills because we all know most buildings dont catch on fire.

[namewithheld]

09:26 AM on 09/15/2010

Rahm says I'm a "retard" and Booby Gibbs says I "don't understand the political process," so I decided to stay home and let them handle everything because, obviously, I am not capable.

[sambaso777]

09:35 AM on 09/15/2010

If you are this reactionary maybe you should join the tea party express

[sambaso777]

09:36 AM on 09/15/2010

I hope you are being sarcastic, if you are, my bad

[namewithheld]

10:36 AM on 09/15/2010

No. I'm not.

[Dan Kushner]

09:26 AM on 09/15/2010

We need to get some voter registration stuff going STAT.

[Hoodoo X]

09:37 AM on 09/15/2010

ACORN hasn't received their check from the federal government this year.

[ber6964]

09:47 AM on 09/15/2010

That's it, that's all you have?

[Yurdelite51]

10:02 AM on 09/15/2010

And the GOP will be demonizing the Supervisors of Elections next.