As much as our Democrats suck, the Republicans suck immeasurably more.
Democratic voters’ strong enthusiasm for their presidential contenders led to record-high numbers of primary and caucus participants for the party on Super Tuesday, while Republicans saw a spotty mix of increases and dropoffs for their own party’s presidential nominating contests.
Overall yesterday, some 14.7 million voters cast Democratic ballots in the 15 states holding primary contests — compared to just 8.9 million in the 2000 contests in the same states. Turnout for Republican contests in those same states was 8.9 million in both 2000 and this year.
While reliable turnout figures for the states that instead held caucus events Tuesday are harder to come by, anecdotal reports from Democratic Party officials strongly suggest a similar trend in those contests.
Kansas Democrats, for example, shattered turnout expectations for their caucuses Tuesday despite turbulent weather.
The only thing that can prevent a political realignment now is if the Democrats nominate a candidate that the people hate.
