Was Bill Maher correct, last night

[question everything]

when he blamed the teabagger winning in Kentucky on liberals who stayed home?

Apology if discussed here previously. I did not think that Kentucky getting a Republican governor was news, seeing that it is a red state, though I was surprised when I found out that it had a Democratic governor. Was mentioned in the State of the Union, I think.

[Kalidurga]

1. probably not

Kentucky is like 60% conservative. Maybe not that high it is very conservative, though. Much higher than the national average otherwise how do you explain Turtle McConnell?

[madville]

5. Grimes ran a horrible campaign

That's how we still have McConnell. He was vulnerable but she couldn't capitalize on it.

[Kalidurga]

6. A yellow dog shoulda been able to win that one.

The fact she lost just shows how far gone the electorate is.

[Spirochete]

13. They probably shouldn't

have run Ashley Judd out of the race. She might have won it.

[madville]

2. Kentucky still elects Democrats to statewide office

They're Red as far as Congressional and Presidential elections but purple on statewide stuff.

[JI7]

3. there aren't many liberals there

The black population is also pretty low for a southern state and this is the group dems rely on to win in conservative south.

[Fla_Democrat]

4. I heard that it was voting machines.

[flygal]

7. There was a large church turnout I think

I saw signs at many churches to VOTE I'm assuming they didn't vote for Conway thanks to the Kim Davis show. The turnout in some counties was almost 50% more than expected so either the poll didn't tap enough republicans who planned to vote or the unlikely ones were persuaded last minute.

I am heartened to see that my area was BLUE!

[DesertFlower]

8. bill maher is not the only one. i've

heard several people say republicans win when dems don't vote. i think howard dean is one of them.

[question everything]

12. Started with Nixon in 1968

This is why it is important for Democrats to vote for the nominee, even if they have to hold their noses..

[smirkymonkey]

14. Exactly! Nothing, and I mean nothing can be worse than having a republican

take a seat away from a Democrat.

[DesertFlower]

16. i agree with you. nt

[DesertFlower]

15. exactly. nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. That's why the HERO ordinance was overturned

in Houston. Low voter turnout and failing to address the fear mongering of the opposition (men in women's bathrooms!). They should have owned it and addressed those fears with FACTS. We will have to do he same with SOCIALISM in Bernie's campaign.

[Eric J in MN]

9. Turnout was only 31%.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-why-the-kentucky-polls-were-wrong_563a2fa4e4b0411d306f099a

[eridani]

11. It is alienated voters who stay home, not policy junkies n/t

[RiverLover]

18. There was no liberal to vote for, only a centrist dem

who sounded a lot like a rethug, only saner.

[krawhitham]

19. Steve Beshear got 464,245 votes in 11, Conway got 426,944 in 15

A little lower but the Repugs had a great turnout, or they stole it

511,771 in 15 VS 294,034 in 11

[UTUSN]

20. Probably. In my Red state there would be nobody Red if everybody voted.

The Dem party is a coalition of components that DON'T VOTE. If everybody voted... LBJ and Civil Rights focused on VOTING. The big Hispanic block DOESN'T VOTE.