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When you heard the mornings news reporting Michigan turnout is low, give it a damn. You should know what they are saying. Michigan turnout should be looked this way in below.
- In 2000. It was a Repulican-only primary and there was 1.4 million ballots out of more than 6.7 million registered voters.
- In 2004. There were Replulican and Democratic Caucuses and 1.38M votes out of 6.8 million registered voters. On the democratic side, the total vote counts was merely 160,000.
- This year. It was a Replulican primary and a delisted Democratic primary. There were 1.46 million votes in turnout out of 7.14 million registered. 20% of the registered may be low only if you compare to that of NH and IO early this month. But if you further know that 600,000 out of the 1.46 million votes went to democratic ballots, you could tell the story in a totally different way.
And it is historical for Michigan Democrats for one more reason. There are 40%, or 240,000 votes, went to "uncommitted" in this Clinton only race.
It was low turnout only for the republicans. You have known the reasons along the way up to now. Republicans've got themselves unpopular since 2004.