ago to only 394,000 democrats. in runoffs the vote total drops off dramatically. particularly when you have in the case of georgia bigger drop off when you multiple candidates. people who voted for one of the many losing candidates tend not to come back. the republican turn out last night was 578,000, down 98,000 from several week ago. these are big numbers. there are 100,000, 109,000 or 107,000 i believe democrats who turned out to vote in the runoffs for lesser offices. this is in a big state where going to matter this is a huge intensity gap to have this many voting in a republican primary. greta: tea party movement, read anything into last night s results? whether it is getting more force, less force? i don t. there s been a lot because ken buck was identified with the
ago to only 394,000 democrats. in runoffs the vote total drops off dramatically. particularly when you have in the case of georgia bigger drop off when you multiple candidates. people who voted for one of the many losing candidates tend not to come back. the republican turn out last night was 578,000, down 98,000 from several week ago. these are big numbers. there are 100,000, 109,000 or 107,000 i believe democrats who turned out to vote in the runoffs for lesser offices. this is in a big state where going to matter this is a huge intensity gap to have this many voting in a republican primary. greta: tea party movement, read anything into last night s results? whether it is getting more force, less force? i don t. there s been a lot because ken buck was identified with the
and elizabeth warren was at the white house today. she s considered a possible choice to head the new consumer financial protection agency. and according to a new opinion research poll, 48% say they ll vote republican for the congress. 45% say democrat. boy, it s getting a little bit late in the game there for the democrats to turn that around, john. joe, that s relatively close numbers, but for the republicans, that is pretty good standing especially when you look at the intensity gap out there. i m going to talk to you and ghor i can gloria because one of the things that waters the democrorries th most, you know how democrats h vote, you know how republicans will vote, what about the group in the middle. so let s show the numbers. choice for congress, republicans 97% republican say they ll vote for p ares. no surprise there. 93% of democrats say they ll vote for the democrat for congress. not much of a surprise there. but look at independents. it s a growing gap. 46% say the republ
because when you get out into some of the social issues, they re land mines. and a lot of independents coming from places like ohio, parts of west virginia, you hear that. people again and again and again talking about their pocketbook issues. and those are the things that swing elections particularly in close states. also you re right about intensity gap. that s been a huge issue for the democrats. just for months and months and months. democrats just sort of shrug and say i don t care so much about this. they have to get those minority voters out there. they have to get the people who help barack obama get the nomination and then the presidency in the first place, which are liberal democrats who sided with him because they thought he was more one of them than, say, senator clinton back in the primarieses. and a lot of them are unhappy now. we ve seen this dust up with robert gibbs. we know they don t like the afghanistan policy. we know they wish the froops were out of iraq. they
there are places like nevada, that look tough because there are concerns that the tea party candidate is not close enough to the mainstream. and it may help democrat harry reid. but on the other hand if you look at the big picture overall, the energy of the tea party movement and the concern they share with washington s out of control, spending too much, they think they can do anything they want h e have an obligation to do something about it, that concern is a plus for republicans. it s created an intensity gap. if you ask the voters, mccain voters in swing states how interested are you in voting this election, 80% plus say they re very interested. obama voters from last time, only 64, 66% say they re very interested. that s part of the spirit captured by the tea party. that s a significant development going into the midterm election, donna, because