‘We get whipped.” By way of proof, the first-term senator informs Republican crowds that in 2012, when the party nominated Mitt Romney, roughly half of all born-again Christian voters and millions of blue-collar conservatives stayed home.’
And this is inaccurate?????
The Economist’s record for accurate predictions is as bad as Al Gore’s global warming predictions.
Remember Barry Goldwater? He lost 44 states
Alas for Cruz fans, the senator’s story about a Republican voter strike in 2012 does not add up. Turnout fell among lots of groups in 2012, some of them Obama-friendly. Moreover, turnout actually rose in some of the most closely-fought states. Voting rates also remained pretty healthy among white Protestant evangelicals, who made up one in four of all voters according to exit polls, though they account for only 19% of the population. Conservative Cruz fans may not care, for now. His fable about how elections are won flatters them, after all. As Mr Cruz beamed in Des Moines: “The men and women in this room scare the living daylights out of Washington.” But it is a fable: no Republican has won the White House without hefty moderate support. Mr Cruz is a clever and eloquent man. All the more reason to beware him.
And this is inaccurate?????
Roughly half the country stayed home.
If you can suppose that all those Evangelical and socially conservative voters would all show up without voters from other groups on the other side showing up or without Republicans losing votes from other groups, Cruz has a point, but not the only possibility. Plus, Cruz may not be the favorite choice of blue collar conservatives.
And .. as further proof .. when GW ran for re-election; and the base saw what happened in the 2000 election; they turned out in droves (4 million [approx] and the left was staggered by the number of people who voted.
And .. as further proof .. this has motivated Obama to try to bring in at least 5 million new voters (Mexico/Arabs), in order to be able to win .. just in case the base decides to vote again.
This year we are motivated by the Trump and Cruz .. which is precisely why the left has been hitting both of them so hard. And .. confirms to me the vote will go to the right candidates.