Recently, there has been much ruckus about voter ID laws causing voter turnout suppression. Scientific investigations indicate otherwise, but I thought there might be a more obvious cause.
To date, there have been eleven Republican presidential debates, all well attended, and broadcast on prime time TV. Curiously, Democrat presidential debates have been held at weird hours or at times conflicting with major sporting events. Today, every ugly detail of almost every candidate's life is available online, and Hillary's and Bernie's lives are filled with ugly details.
With their only presidential choice being between an indicted serial felon or a slightly senile Marxist, the Democrat primary voter turnout has been down as much as 40% while Republican voters are sometimes turning out at double the 2008 rate. Now who really is causing voter suppression?
Oh, and damage control has already started as panicked Democrats are attempting to spin that there is no correlation between primary and general Election Day turnout (see chart).
Miriam Chu
MTC Chair
To date, there have been eleven Republican presidential debates, all well attended, and broadcast on prime time TV. Curiously, Democrat presidential debates have been held at weird hours or at times conflicting with major sporting events. Today, every ugly detail of almost every candidate's life is available online, and Hillary's and Bernie's lives are filled with ugly details.
With their only presidential choice being between an indicted serial felon or a slightly senile Marxist, the Democrat primary voter turnout has been down as much as 40% while Republican voters are sometimes turning out at double the 2008 rate. Now who really is causing voter suppression?
Oh, and damage control has already started as panicked Democrats are attempting to spin that there is no correlation between primary and general Election Day turnout (see chart).
Miriam Chu
MTC Chair