GA Republican primary: turnout lower; Romney gets 22 percent fewer votes
2008:
Mike Huckabee 326,874
John McCain 304,751
Mitt Romney 290,707
Ron Paul 28,096
Total 963,541
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Republican_primary,_2008
2012 (with 98 percent reporting):
Gingrich 417,364
Romney 225,926
Santorum 172,473
Paul 57,125
Total votes: 872,888
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/ga
That's 22 percent fewer votes for Romney. Overall turnout was down about 9.5 percent.
It's interesting that while voter turnout in GA was down about 90,000, Gingrich supporters helped to keep turnout near 2008 levels, which was not the case for Romney in MA.
Low turnout in MA Republican primary
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002395290
The big news out of the Virginia Republican primary: extremely low turnout. (updated)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002393853
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And this is WITH Georgia favorite son(ofabitch) Gingrich on the ballot!
The enthusiasm gap is not narrowing. Most excellent.
