I'm CERTAIN the open primary was the leading factor in this. But also remember that Trump was incumbent in 2020 so turnout was probably affected by "he's the President, of course he is going to win the nomination" folks not showing up as well
...out of 61,000 votes cast
There were 39,000 votes cast in 2020 and 66,000 votes were cast in this year's primary. Like I said, I'm mostly on your side here. But turnout clearly went down when Trump was sitting POTUS.
I'm CERTAIN the open primary was the leading factor in this. But also remember that Trump was incumbent in 2020 so turnout was probably affected by "he's the President, of course he is going to win the nomination" folks not showing up as well
in 2016 Trump won with only 19,974 votes...
...out of 61,000 votes cast There were 39,000 votes cast in 2020 and 66,000 votes were cast in this year's primary. Like I said, I'm mostly on your side here. But turnout clearly went down when Trump was sitting POTUS.
I understand... but Kasick probably brought out the Dems in 2016, tho it was probably RINO's too (maybe even mostly).
of course, I would still show up to vote for him if he was ahead in the polls 100 to 0.
Same here! But thats why we are talking on this .win in the first place. You and I get it!