Nick of Time

truth-has-a-liberal-bias:

Is Chick-fil-A turnout a preview of November?

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The sheer number of people involved in the Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day suggests that turnout will matter in November. A common theme among tweets coming out of the restaurant demonstrations Wednesday was that conservative strength lies in numbers. One photo caption read, ”Hey liberals, the turnout for Chick-fil-A appreciation day is a preview of the polling stations in November.” Maybe, maybe not. But the polls are close and the number of undecided voters is falling.

America is settling down into two, surprisingly partisan, camps of voters who probably won’t change their minds significantly until voting day. If that pattern holds, then turnout is all important. In 2004, the ability of the Bush team to get out their religious vote swung them a relatively close election. If Mitt Romney can effectively establish the link between economics and culture, and then motivate conservatives to turn out in big numbers, then the Chick-fil-A moment could prove prophetic. 

That’s code for “we want to make this election seem as close as possible so the competing parties can keep up their record spending”.

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