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United States News Title: Exclusive Data Analysis: GOP Primary Turnout Up 8.7 Million Votes, More Than 60 Percent in 2016 Versus 2012 Top GOP officials say that the intense interest in the GOP primary throughout the year so far only serves to benefit the Republican nominee in November, whoever it ends up being. In total, so far, nationwide the GOP has seen an increase of 8,719,041 votes in 2016s primaries, caucuses and conventions over 2012s primaries, caucuses and conventions. In 2012, 14,452,500 people voted in each of the states and territories that have held contests so far in 2016. In 2016, 23,171,541 people have voted in the GOP contests so far. That is a 60.33 percent increase in GOP contest turnout in just four years. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus reacted to the news in an exclusive comment to Breitbart News saying that voters are flocking to the GOP after a bad past eight years with Democratic President Barack Obama because they know Democrat Hillary Clinton as president would be disastrous. After eight years of Barack Obama, voters throughout the country know that four years of Hillary Clinton would be disastrous, Priebus said in an email. Almost to a state, we are seeing record turnout because voters know its the Republican Party that has the ideas and solutions that will move America in the right direction. So far in 2016, 38 separate U.S. states and territories have held contestswhether they be caucuses or primariesand with the exception of six of them turnout is much higher this year than in 2012. The only six contests where turnout has dropped are Wyoming, Utah, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Three of those are U.S. territories and therefore have no electoral votes in the general election in November and the fourth is the U.S. capital city has just three electoral votes in the general election contest. The two only U.S. States that has seen a drop in GOP turnout, therefore, are Utah and Wyomingboth of which are reliably Republican states. D.C. switched from a primary in 2012 to a convention in 2016. Utah switched from a primary in 2012 to a caucus in 2016. The Northern Mariana and U.S. Virgin Islands systems are caucuses. Caucuses and conventions tend, in politics, to lower turnout from primary electionswhich generally increase turnout because its easier to register and vote. Wyomings convention system, which has been around for years, is confusing and generally dominated by activists heavily involved in the party on a local level, not the general voting public. Colorado, which technically didnt have any voters involved in their convention system this year, also saw a drop off in participation. Otherwise, though, everywhere else the GOP voter involvement is on the rise. Every other state that has voted so far has seen an increase in GOP turnout in the primaries, and in some cases a substantial turnout spike. The states that have seen an increase are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. Some of these states have seen drastic increases in voter participation in GOP contests. Arkansas saw a 169.7 percent increase, while Idahowhich went from a caucus in 2012 to a primary in 2016saw a 396.96 percent increase. Missouri saw a 272.45 percent increase and New York saw a 354.96 percent increase while Virginia saw a 286.13 percent spike. Breitbart News compiled this data analysis from information purchased from Dave Leips Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. That data, available at USElectionAtlas.org, is widely used by academics and media organizations including the New York Times, the Economist, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, and many more reputable organizations. More from Breitbart News data analysis on this election is forthcoming. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
#1. To: cranky (#0)
I see. So even if JEB! was leading the delegate count, Republican voters would be flocking to the primary polls. In your dreams, Reince. They're out there because of Trump. And you know it, you lying POS.
They are dreaming, and they may keep on dreaming right past the point where they ignore the voters and install some party tool as GOP nominee. Then they will be annhilated come the second Tuesday in November. Then they'll just blame it on the Trump supporters. They may never wake up.
How do you know that? I'm not a shrink but I think he could be clinically delusional. He seems to live in a different reality than me. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
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