There are more Democratic voters but Republicans are more reliable voters

[AZ Progressive]

Because old white seniors (especially property owners) are the most reliable voting block (those who grew up when civic engagement was more popular, and that have the time to be civically engaged), as well as all the other fear driven right wingers.

Why isn't our side passionate? Is it because we aren't on the defensive like they are? Or that Democrats, especially young and minorities don't see how the political system can benefit them?

[leveymg]

1. Indies are the biggest bloc of voters, and HRC is down 15 percent

among that group versus the leading candidate of the other brand. If she's the nominee, all Dems could lose in the General. Think about that when you see the next post that claims how far ahead she is.

[demosincebirth]

3. Independants have a wide political span

[Snobblevitch]

2. This is also why Republicans

win special elections.

[demosincebirth]

4. True. I have a few friends that vote, only, every four years and they conplain the loudest

[Snobblevitch]

6. I had a college buddy who had never voted.

He was a computer geek. He did not 'get' my interest in politics. I lost touch with him. I wonder if has ever voted.

A few years later, I had a co-worker in his late 30s (about a decade older than me) who also revealed he had never voted in an election. He didn't discuss politics either.

I just don't understand their apathy.

Then, there are those who seem to ne into politics, but do not vote. I read somewhere that Rush Limbaugh's first vote for a presidential candidate was for H.W. Bush in 1988. His excuse was that he was always moving in previous election years (PA, MO, CA). Hell, when I was 20 I got an absentee ballot so I could vote in my home presinct.)

[demosincebirth]

7. This is what the domocratic party should focus on in the futrue, gettin younger voters to focus

on midterm midterm elections. They are at times more important than the general elections. This is one of the reason we have the gridlock in congress that we have now.

[forsaken mortal]

5. I think the reason a lot of dems don't vote reliably is apathy.

They see the system stacked against them regardless of who gets in and just don't feel their effort to vote is going to make any difference.

[demosincebirth]

8. Maybe we ought to get the day off ...only if we vote.

[CTyankee]

9. GOTV!

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I can no longer canvas door to door but I do volunteer to go to a call center to GOTV. The only problem is that we Dems are so strong in my ward that it is almost impossible to find someone who isn't gonna or hasn't already VOTED!

It's a great problem to have, isn't it?