"Aren't you worried about rural whites in the northwest getting galvanized by something soon and turning out for the GOP?"
"You assume they remember there's an election"
-a Georgia Dem in the know on Jan 1.
People really underestimate how tuned out of politics many areas are.
"You assume they remember there's an election"
-a Georgia Dem in the know on Jan 1.
People really underestimate how tuned out of politics many areas are.
This is something I've tried to emphasize very often: the average Twitter user is far, far more tuned in to politics than most people are. Most of the nation doesn't even know who Jamal Khashoggi is, and that dominated Twitter for days.
Where am I going with this?
1) There are very few consequences for nuking the filibuster at the cost of governing, and the Democrats know this. I'd be surprised to see it stay. Checks matter, vote margins don't.
2) The same rural whites don't turn out in midterms for a reason.
1) There are very few consequences for nuking the filibuster at the cost of governing, and the Democrats know this. I'd be surprised to see it stay. Checks matter, vote margins don't.
2) The same rural whites don't turn out in midterms for a reason.
If you want to talk about historical trends, one thing is pretty clear over recent elections: rural voters don't vote at nearly as high of a rate. It's tough to gauge who counts as an engaged voter, but a solid proxy is education.
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