The Patriot Post® · Left Blames Election Loss on Low Voter Turnout

The Democrats have found their reason why they lost in Tuesday’s elections. Democrat supporters, such as young liberals, mostly stayed home Election Day. Despite Democrats’ get-out-the-vote campaigns and manipulative race-baiting rhetoric, overall voter turnout was 36.6%, down from 40.9% during the 2010 midterms. Nate Cohn at The New York Times reported, “There is no question that turnout among core Democratic groups was lower in 2014 than it was in 2012 or even 2010. Many Democrats would have won if turnout had resembled a presidential election year. But Democrats also lost in states where turnout surpassed 2010, according to an Upshot analysis of preliminary returns and voter turnout data.” Voter turnout is always lower during midterm elections – causing the Los Angeles Times to contend that 2016 will be a hard race for the GOP to win despite this year’s red wave. But as Cohn pointed out, the numbers show a subtle shift towards Republican support.