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After this week’s break in the primary calendar, seven states will hold elections on Tuesday. In the biggest of them, California, Democrats are already looking at some troubling early turnout numbers: So far, only about 2.2 million Californians have returned ballots. That’s less than a third of the total early vote at this point in California’s recall election last year.
Primary turnout is traditionally a poor indicator of general election turnout. But Paul Mitchell, a leading political data expert in California, says Democrats have reason to be concerned this year.
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Mitchell, who works with Democratic campaigns says everything that can be done to make voting easier in California has been done. And yet, it looks like many Democrats just aren’t feeling motivated right now. He sees that as a potential cause for concern, at least when it comes to congressional races this fall.
If the Marxists in California aren't motivated to get out and vote, it's a telling sign of what's coming for the Democrats in November.
We'll see. Primaries are different from general elections.
A voter could look at the candidates in his party, and say, well, I'm having a hard time picking which is best. Don't really know enough. They both seem qualified. I'm kind of busy.
BUT. Put them against a candidate of the OTHER party in the general election, and wham get in the car Ethel we're going to the polls.
We'll see. Primaries are different from general elections.
A voter could look at the candidates in his party, and say, well, I'm having a hard time picking which is best. Don't really know enough. They both seem qualified. I'm kind of busy.
BUT. Put them against a candidate of the OTHER party in the general election, and wham get in the car Ethel we're going to the polls.
I dunno has this ever stopped the democrats when they absolutely needed a win? Remember in 2018? When they switched over TWENTY house seats AFTER the election who were set to be repubs at the end of election day, but NONE in the opposite direction. In CA alone.
Actually it's to the far left progressive's benefit if people don't get out and vote.
Because they will vote and get their people into office.
Austin Texas is a shining example of that. Everyone but the activists stayed home for years and years of voting and so all it took was that slight minority to get out there and win the seats.
This may not translate to anything earth shattering in California.
But as a whole?
Of course primary turnout matters, and of course it is quite often indicative of what plays out in the general.
Anyone who tells themselves otherwise is in denial.
And this very dynamic (lower Democrat turnout) has been replicating itself all across the country.
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