Comments on: Turnout in the Illinois primary

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:20:15 +0000

How many of the turnouts were Republicans vs Democrats?

By: BillZ

BillZ — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:42:10 +0000

It’s interesting you did the journalist’s work of comparing actual numbers (vs the so-called journalists). So this looks like a meme perpetuating itself: is it laziness or deliberate or some of both? It has the advantage of acting as a psyops against Obama’s opponents, or maybe it’s just wish fulfillment posing as knowledge.

By: Frances

Frances — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:54:45 +0000

Open primaries are ruining this country. The Dems rush into vote for the weakest candidate. I, as an Ind., did this several years ago in NC for John Edwards. Now he’s on his way to jail and I won’t get to vote for him anymore! I also did it during Operation Chaos 4 yrs. ago.
John Eff-ing McCain won nearly all the Open Primay states 4 years ago. He should be the ‘Poster Child’ for banning them altogether. Better to have serious voters at the polls.

By: Jan of MN

Jan of MN — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:27:26 +0000

I haven’t had occasion to vote in a primary this year, but until now I haven’t been able to support anyone. Why go to the polls when you haven’t made up your mind? I think the volatility during this primary season is largely due to the stakes being so high: we judge our candidates on whether or not they can beat Obama. Compared to that concern, everything pales in importance. I’ve wobbled over choosing a candidate, but no matter which one is the nominee, I’ll crawl over broken glass to vote for him.
Trimegistus: Back when I was in a liberal bubble, I never noticed the bias because it just seemed to be the correct take on things. Once the bubble bursts though, you’re smack up against reality, like it or not. Naturally, one does come to prefer reality, and you can’t ever get inside the bubble again. Good thing, too, because I actually believe political correctness is bad for one’s mental health.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:19:32 +0000

Thanks for the research. I was pleased to point my wife to your reporting.

By: expat

expat — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:28:46 +0000

I know Nanny Bloomberg won’t like this, but I tend to take any reporting containg numbers and statistics with about a half shaker of salt. Pollers and reporters rarely give enough baseline info for you to judge their conclusions.

By: Trimegistus

Trimegistus — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:09:17 +0000

I have developed a useful method for reading news which has not failed me for years now. When reading any story, one simply asks oneself: how does this serve liberal goals?

Once you start, it’s impossible not to notice the bias, dishonesty, and loaded language they use.

By: CZ

CZ — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:24:58 +0000

Back when I lived in Crook County in The People’s Republic of Illinois it was common knowledge that IF you took a republican primary ballot you were moved to the top of the list for jury duty.

Nobody told me so I learned the hard way but by then it was too late. I sat on a jury once a year for six years.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:38:09 +0000

When you see the bag of tricks deployed by the MSM on a regular basis, who doubts a stated 41% approval of Obama isn’t really closer to 34%?

Progressives all over are going down in a landslide and it will all be because of…..you guessed it……racismmmmm.

By: Parker

Parker — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:56:56 +0000

“Sometimes the report is “record low.” That would be a problem for Romney or the eventual nominee, whomever it might be, and would indicate a lack of voter enthusiasm on the part of the base.”

As Conrad has noted, its bogus MSM BS. The ‘base’ is ABO.