Low Voter Turnout Will Hand 2016 Election To The GOP

[GoLeft TV]

The 2016 presidential election is going to come down to one thing – voter turnout. And if you think that the Republican Party doesn’t realize this then you are sorely mistaken.

For close to a decade now, Republicans have been working state by state to make it more difficult for minorities, college students, and even the elderly to get out and vote. These efforts all have the intent of driving Democrats away from the polls. And after their defeats in 2008 and 2012 due to record-breaking turnout, Republicans will be using every trick in the book to keep Democrats from casting their votes this year.

[tularetom]

1. And this year the DNC appears to be intent on holding down turnout

If the party nominates Hillary Clinton, I guarantee you that voter turnout will be depressed and we will have a republican in the white house this time next year.

[earthside]

2. Too disgusted to vote.

This has been my theory all along.

The Repuglicans are itching for a Hillary Clinton nomination because she is so ripe for smears, attacks, scandal, etc.

They get the advantage of not having to talk about issues if she is the nominee, but can use half-truths and whole truths about her and her husband's past to make the election so ugly that marginal Democratic-leaning votes will just give-up in disgust and stay home.

The smugness of the Hillarians we see here on DU ought to be an indication right now of how dangerous a Clinton nomination will be -- that kind of over-confidence and conceit is not going to evoke enthusiasm for Democrats in 2016.

Sanders, on the other hand, means a general election battle focused on issues ... and the biggest issue: the economy. Sanders knows how to stay on message and by election day even many middle class Repuglicans will be moved to vote for a President who has plans to help them.

If Sanders is the nominee we get to fight over issues and values; if Clinton is the nominee we get to fight over Hillary Clinton.

2016 is, as the video indicates, more than just about one election, it is also about the future of democracy in the U.S. If Clinton is the nominee and the White House is lost and the Congress stays Repuglican and we lose even more governorships and state legislatures, then the whole game is over for generations. If Sanders is the nominee we win and begin a new era of economic populism that will keep liberals and progressives in power for a generation.

[rtracey]

6. ok

Don't turn this into a feel the Bern church revival. The people will vote for whom they feel is the best candidate period. If they think it Bernie Sanders, then the primaries will show that. If its Clinton, then the primaries will show that. The presidential elections are very much in play with voters vs the midterm elections when the amount of complacency skyrockets. I personally believe any of the democrat candidates can beat the republican candidates, whatever the polls say. Polls before anyone casts a vote are somewhat ridiculous.

[LiberalElite]

8. Sanders has the enthusiasm. Clinton does not. eom

[jtuck004]

3. Lol. So might making bank$ter/donors richer for 8 years on the back of millions of workers who are

denied the opportunities that money would have brought for them.

We shall see what letting working people stay in poverty with 8 years worth of excuses brings, regardless of the candidate.

[Gawdless Pinko Lib]

4. If Cruz or Trump is their Nominee,

the Repubs could win every voter-suppression court battle and still lose by 100+ EVs.

[drynberg]

5. All those with flat tires, no tires, no photo ID, etc. need to have a friend who'll take

S/he to the polls and make it happen. Be that person for at least one person. The stakes are just too high to ignore this.

[andrewv1]

7. It's called Clinton fatigue....

How do you get voters motivated?

Besides Sanders, you could put Gore, Warren or Biden among others and you would get a large portion of the Democratic base to the polls.

And even though people will remember the good things as well as the bad things about the Clintons, it's time to "move on" for most folks.

[mother earth]

9. Welcome to DU. And that is exactly why Jeb didn't do so well, people NEVER wanted another

Bush or Clinton, we are done with both dynasties.

There is zero excitement for Hillary, except for the cheerleaders here. Anyone for more status quo? No? I wonder why...