Sorry, Democrats: The GOP’s Landslide Victory Wasn’t Due to Low Voter Turnout

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Guy Benson:

Many on the Left have sought to diminish the midterm election results, citing low voter turnout to throw cold water on the notion that Republicans won a mandate in their Election Night romp. President Obama himself attempted to address the electoral results through this prism, going out of his way to note that ‘two-thirds’ of voters failed to cast ballots in his first post-election press conference:

[youtube]http://youtu.be/lRnjNamD0iI[/youtube]

Liberals’ preferred story instantaneously shifted from “there will be #NoWave,” to “that wave doesn’t really count because no one voted.” Obama’s message implied that a small minority of Americans threw his party out of office, while many people stayed home out of disillusionment with politics in general. Three pieces of empirical data debunk this narrative. Item one:

In other words, turnout was substantially higher in contested, ‘battleground’ races — which Republicans practically swept.  Especially at the statewide level.  The GOP won nine out of the top ten contested Senate races, and even made Virginia extremely close.  The party performed extremely well in gubernatorial contests, too, netting three.  Heated races produced higher turnout…and Republicans carried the day.  Item two:

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The American people don’t want President Barack Obama to take the lead on enacting policy, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll out Wednesday…By a clear 56% to 33% margin, those surveyed don’t want Mr. Obama to take the lead role in setting policy, preferring that Congress take the lead role…The 56% who now want Congress to take the lead role in policy making is a high water mark in the poll’s history. The WSJ/NBC poll found Americans are pleased that the Republican victories in this month’s midterm elections were broadly viewed as a rebuke to the president – 53% said they feel positive about the idea that “fewer people were elected who support President Obama’s legislative agenda.” Only 41% said they feel badly about candidates who back Mr. Obama’s agenda losing.

Got that Greg?

Let me underscore a key fact: This NBC/WSJ poll was among all adults, not 2014 voters. The fanciful notion that some silent majority of non-voters prefer Democrats, or quasi-endorsed Obama’s agenda via their non-participation, is verifiably false. Which brings us to item three, and another national post-election poll of US adults:

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But Obie said it was — and that settles the matter!

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@Ditto:

The fanciful notion that some silent majority of non-voters prefer Democrats, or quasi-endorsed Obama’s agenda via their non-participation, is verifiably false.

Right and since when do the demo-COMMUNISTS have any trouble getting their zombie base to turn out and get bribed to vote and show up from the graves – esp only 4 days after Halloween?

Didn’t have any trouble getting them out for the MS Republican cross-over primary.

For your entertainment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUEqh07E4dY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6YdNmK77k

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@Budvarakbar:

Right and since when do the demo-COMMUNISTS have any trouble getting their zombie base to turn out and get bribed to vote and show up from the graves – esp only 4 days after Halloween?

Did you even see the November election results? Democrats lost greatly. The use of vote fraud does not contradict the WSJ quote regarding non-voters. A fraudulent vote is still a vote and is often counted where the Democrats have their sway.

Democrats simply didn’t get enough fraudulent votes to win in November, hence why Emperor Obamatine presented his royal decree. By fighting voter ID initiatives, Obama is confident that these waves of still illegal aliens will sign up to vote through “motor voter” and win the 2016 Elections (and many after) for Democrats.

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