Comments on Anemic Michigan Voter Turnout

What? Bad weather in Michigan in JANUARY? Who would've thought? Jesus! This state SUCKS! It deserves whatever bad shit happens to it.

From what I'm reading, it may be a long time before we know the results of this. It seems the vast majority of the votes will be absentee votes.

let's hope Mittens pulls out a victory by a small margin.

Well, bad weather, and the fact that no one wants to vote for any of them in the first place......

Fuck all this guessing shit. "Weather is bad, so fucktard A will win, or snow plows got to X districts, an obvious conspiracy against Y voters". Let's just wait and see what happens, shall we?

If you put all the pollsters and pundits out of a job, then we'd definitely have that Recession that everyone keeps talking about.

Only an insane person would vote Republicant.

@5,

All the weird little elements that combine to create, "CANDIDATE X WINS!" can be really interesting; the idea that some bad weather could create a "Romney Coming Back!" narrative even more so, and the humble birth of a new campaign talking point is always special to behold.

For what its worth, I'm with you on trying to handicap a race early by anecdotal stories.

michigan does not suck.

Brandon, do you live here? I forget. This state is a mess--a godawful horrendous mess. Trust me, it sucks. Big time. Economy? Sucks. Roads? Suck. Biggest urban area? Sucks. Housing market? Sucks. Elected government? Sucks. Weather (in January)? Yep. Sucks. Suckity suck suck sucks.

MM - not anymore - born n raised, before fleeing to CA 7 years ago [mostly due to weather and the impossibility of car-free living].

i'm not saying it doesn't have it's faults - the sprawl in the southeast is pretty hideous, the economy is in the tank, and ann arbor is the birthplace of the misguided sense of self-importance, to name but a few - but the lakes are gorge and the UP is the most under-rated piece of real estate in the continental US.

...sorry, i'm reflexively defensive when people talk smack about it!

What's amazing is that there were only about 100K votes cast for the GOP in what is a fairly populous state.

That really sucks. Like, about as many went to the caucuses in IA.

Shows the R's got nothing.

Deeeeep in the heart of Flyover Country! Wave as you pass by. Hey, there, Jesus!

Brandon--

I apologize for slamming your home state. I feel that way when people slam Indiana. You moved away right when we moved to the People's Republic of Ann Arbor! But the liberal bubble of Ann Arbor (which isn't *that* liberal, everyone) is a bit small. And this state has gotten crazy in the last 7 or so years. Even long-time residents of MI will tell us they don't know what's happening to their state anymore. Things are bad, and there's a lot of anger here. And then you have people looking to blame others--hence the recent anti-gay state constitutional amendment and the anti-affirmative action amendment. We're just waiting for the other shoe to drop here! And Governor Beauty Mark has been just about useless. /end rant/