I live in a deep-blue area that went heavily for BO in the 2008 election. I remember BO signs everywhere, BO card tables set up with BO literature in grocery store parking lots, BO bumper stickers everywhere -- and now, almost nothing. No bumper stickers, no yard signs.
I don't know if this means apathy or fear on the part of the electorate. Apathy about expressing a preference, fear about expressing a preference?
I know there were more people at the polls for the 2010 midterms than for the June primary (very few then). The paucity of voters in June could be explained: If there were a lot of Dems in the neighborhood, they wouldn't bother showing up if BO was the putative nominee anyhow. But right now I don't know what people are thinking. I don't know if they think inside "it doesn't matter" and won't show up at all.
I DO NOT want to see cars with BO stickers parked within spitting distance of the polling place as I did last time. Someone will have to get out a measuring tape and pace things off like they did last time. I don't know, I hope not. Who will show up at the polls this November in my neighborhood?