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Gallup: (nervously looking around) …DOOM?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 25th, 2012 at 11:30 PM  | 

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Gallup did a voter enthusiasm poll, and the results are either gorgeous or hideous, depending on how you look at them. Essentially, it goes like this:

  • In 2004, Democratic voter enthusiasm was at 68% and Republican voter enthusiasm was at 51%. The GOP happened to win that election, sort-of kind of in a squeaker; then again, this poll is of adults, so you can expect a skew towards the Democrats.
  • In 2008, the Democrats dropped to 61%… and the Republicans plummeted to 35%. The GOP proceeded to lose that election, and not in a squeaker. It was, in fact, almost a rout.
  • And today, in 2012? The Democrats’ voter enthusiasm is 39%… while the Republicans are back to 51%.

Gallup didn’t want to say this, but I don’t mind doing it: yes, that means that the Democratic electorate may be talking up a good game right now … but if John Freaking Kerry was to walk into the room and take command right now a lot of that electorate might be breathing a sigh of relief. Folks were certainly happier to vote for him, back in the day…

Moe Lane (crosspost)

PS: In case you’re wondering; enthusiasm is probably going to pick up in the next few months… but enthusiasm is still lower overall when compared to 2004 and 2008. And note the use of the term ‘overall.’

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  • gflyer3364qt

    “Hey Barry, enough is enough, you had your chance, now you’re manning the Democrat ship into a political iceberg. People are fleeing the party like crazy. Now drop your reelection bid and choose not to seek another term and just take your lifetime taxpayer funded pension and lifetime Secret Service protection already. Move back to Chicago and you’ll be able to do what you want when you want for the rest of you life out of the public eye. That way we’ll be able to say the Democrats have the honor to leave office if they don’t hold true to their promises. We’ll let Romney win this one. After he gets in we’ll have our media allies cry wolf every day of his presidency. That way we can blame him for anything that happens between now and when we gear up Hillary for 2016. If you don’t make it happen, we will.”

  • gflyer3364qt

    No.

  • gflyer3364qt

    1. Drop the reelection bid and leave with some dignity. 2. If not we’ll get people in high places to make big trouble for you and you’ll be tossed out in a tidal wave and replace Jimmy in the all time worst you know what category. Trust me, we can get Bubba to publicly endorse Romney if we have to.

  • gflyer3364qt

    But I like being president.

  • gflyer3364qt

    How does taxpayer funded beer, ribs, burgers, and Secret Service protection for the rest of your life sound?

  • gflyer3364qt

    Plus Air Force One.

  • gflyer3364qt

    Free beer, ribs, burgers, Secret Service Protection, free Gulfstream V flights anywhere anytime, no having to deal with Netanyahu or Putin, no having to salute the flag, no having to give press conferences, free going around peddling books, no having to lead, no having to deal with Ahmadinejad, no having to retract Marxist gaffe statements. No more having to extend Bush tax rates. And no more having to say God Blesss America. We’ll even throw in some free joints with that and fly in the Choom Gang once a month.

  • gflyer3364qt

    Fly in the Choom Gang THREE times a month and we’ll talk.

  • gflyer3364qt

    But it’s obvious Clinton doesn’t want Obama to win. Judging by his statements and testimonials from aides. He thinks Hillary has a better chance in 2016 if Romney is in than if Obama is. If the Dems wanted to get rid of Obama, they’d could easily get him to endorse Romney only over Obama and Hillary over Romney. Bubba wants back in the White House. Each day Obama is in office the country moves farther to the right.

  • http://travismonitor.blogspot.com Freedoms Truth

    Odd thing to state in polling article – but important –
    ROMNEY NEEDS A CLEAR POSITIVE AGENDA. It’s not just me saying it. This came up in an RCP column by a pollster-type, Sean Trende.

    We are seeing a massive sense of disappointment on the part of indepedents, and a LOT of “Obama disapprove” … for good reason in our lousy economy. the voters are up for grabs but those voters are not locked in Romney voters. Nor should they be if Romney doesnt give them something to vote FOR. RCP pointed out that not many know Romney’s plans or understand / know him fully.

    Romney continues to be too timid. he needs to get bolder, talk bigger and focus on his positive agenda. More positive ads and positive agenda items will sharpen that contrast and win votes.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    He needs to be an alternative, but that doesn’t mean getting lost in the weeds of policy nittery.

  • wennejunk

    Clinton even cares about this country enough that he would rather ‘anybody but Obama’ win to stop the damage.

    Never thought I would say something positive about Clinton, but I just did.

  • commonsenseobserver

    And telling people about his record of success vs. the litany of failures in the past 4 years?

  • babykaboomer

    Think about it…pleeease. And if you get tired of being out of the limelight, well, you can always run for Mayor of Chicago!

  • bk

    Democrats love to do that. The best example is that multiple budgets have passed the House. Reid and the Democrats in the Senate would rather gripe about those than offer up anything of their own.

    The GOP introduced what they called Obama’s budget and it got zero votes in both chambers. Democrats called it a stunt that really wasn’t the Obama budget — but notice that they never themselves introduced what they claim his budget actually was.

  • fredflintlock

    Too bad that for once Speedy chose to stick with an office for the full term before jetting off to make his next conquest.

  • acat

    I think he’s up to the challenge of keeping Obama in a box.

    Mew

  • fredflintlock

    Still, I must add that I’m not at all comfortable with this president taking his knowledge of US national security with him.

    After the LA times and the Weinsteins, what’s a few secrets with members of the Security Council? Could easily see Dear Leader crossing that Rubicon.

  • thethinman

    that it was a federal prison warden that provided his protection for the rest of his life in the US – he can go home to Kenya anytime – but he’ll have to take his own money – not mine.

  • acat

    You think we’re not already across that particular river?

    That said, just what secrets do you think would help Vladimir et al?

    Mew

  • blogan2

    It’s 10 years after he leaves office, then he’s on his own. Bush is the first one to have 10 years. It was changed during the Clinton years, but Clinton was grandfathered in.

  • Melody Warbington (rwm52)

    no text

  • http://lukos.com Ed54

    He’s doing a very poor job of building himself up. Sean Trende’s piece in RCP yesterday does a great job of laying it out. The polls show that undecided voters have in fact already decided they don’t like Obama. Attacking Obama won’t move the needle with them because the needle is already pegged. Now Romney needs to sell them on why he is the guy.

    News coverage of the Olympics is a perfect example. We should be getting saturated with stories of the legendary 2002 Winter Olympics turnaround Romney pulled off. Instead, all of the headlines are about the “lack of transparency” when Romney ran the Olympics. WTF?

  • gflyer3364qt

    But if it meant getting him out of office I’d let him move in next to me.

  • paco12348

    When Obama loses the election he will have to be pulled kicking and screaming from the White House. He will continuously sneak onto the golf course where he’s spent the majority of his time. Air Force 1′s wings will droop from fatigue and a sigh of relief.
    Obama and Michelle will have both arms amputated from clinging to the tax payers coffer. How many dozens of Michelle’s “staff” will have to go on the unemployment line? Well, let’s put it this way. The unemployment rate will rise considerably.