Republican discipline vs Democrats ground game

Republicans tend to be more consistent and disciplined voters, while Democrats tend to vote based more on emotion. Republican campaigns tend to be fueled by big corporate $$, while Democrats tend to rely more on a well organized grassroots ground game. 2012 result? I'd say Obama has a 75% chance of getting reelected, while the GOP has a 75% chance of controlling both houses of Congress. Prepare for more gridlock...

Originally posted by bill718
Republicans tend to be more consistent and disciplined voters, while Democrats tend to vote based more on emotion. Republican campaigns tend to be fueled by big corporate $$, while Democrats tend to rely more on a well organized grassroots ground game. 2012 result? I'd say Obama has a 75% chance of getting reelected, while the GOP has a 75% chance of controlling both houses of Congress. Prepare for more gridlock...

Originally posted by sh76
Saying that Obama has a 75% chance of getting re-elected is very optimistic (for Obama) but at least it has some relevance to reality.

Saying that the GOP is has a 75% chance of holding both houses after the election is absurd. While the GOP has an excellent chance (maybe 90% ) to control the House, the most optimistic GOP projections for taking the Senate ( ...[text shortened]... chances at maybe 25% (personally, I'd peg the odds of the GOP getting 51 seats at maybe 15% ).

Originally posted by bill718
Republicans tend to be more consistent and disciplined voters, while Democrats tend to vote based more on emotion. Republican campaigns tend to be fueled by big corporate $$, while Democrats tend to rely more on a well organized grassroots ground game. 2012 result? I'd say Obama has a 75% chance of getting reelected, while the GOP has a 75% chance of controlling both houses of Congress. Prepare for more gridlock...

Originally posted by sasquatch672
That's true in general. Conservatives are rational, calm-headed thinkers with reserve, decorum, and manners; Liberals are screaming luncatics that careen from one nervous breakdown to another.

Originally posted by moon1969
I guess you forgot that Ron Paul supporters are Republicans and call themselves conservatives. Also, you conveniently left off Bachman, Palin, Akin, Mourdock, etc. Reserve? Decorum? Manners?

And how "rational" are the social conservatives? How are the the conservative Republicans ""thinkers" in their religious fundamentalism in wanting a theocracy and thinking that there were dinosaurs on the ark?

Originally posted by normbenign
I've met both Palin and Paul. Both are models of reserve, decorum and manners. They do point out when other people are lying which tends to make others mad at them.

I don't think that even one of those mentioned thinks there were dinosaurs on the ark or proposes a theocracy.

Originally posted by normbenign
I've met both Palin and Paul. Both are models of reserve, decorum and manners. They do point out when other people are lying which tends to make others mad at them.

I don't think that even one of those mentioned thinks there were dinosaurs on the ark or proposes a theocracy.

Originally posted by moon1969
First, I said Ron Paul supporters, not Ron Paul. Further, the Republicans themselves (non-Paul Republicans) criticized Ron Paul supporters as plainly lacking reserve, decorum, and manners.

Second, you are incredibly naive to to not know that at least half of the Republican party including the social conservatives and religious fundamentalists believe th ...[text shortened]... oung Creationists.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/Hold-Creationist-View-Human-Origins.aspx

Originally posted by sasquatch672
What the hell are you talking about?

Originally posted by moon1969
First, I said Ron Paul supporters, not Ron Paul. Further, the Republicans themselves (non-Paul Republicans) criticized Ron Paul supporters as plainly lacking reserve, decorum, and manners.

Second, you are incredibly naive to to not know that at least half of the Republican party including the social conservatives and religious fundamentalists believe th ...[text shortened]... oung Creationists.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/Hold-Creationist-View-Human-Origins.aspx

Originally posted by no1marauder
Polls like that are really depressing. I find it hard to believe that 25% of those with a post-graduate education would actually agree with the statement that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years. Is it anything like that in other Western countries?

Originally posted by no1marauder
Polls like that are really depressing. I find it hard to believe that 25% of those with a post-graduate education would actually agree with the statement that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years. Is it anything like that in other Western countries?

Originally posted by moon1969
Yes, depressing.

Originally posted by whodey
What do you expect. We are talking about a population that elected "W" twice and on the verge of electing Obama twice.

The elevator does not go to the top floor.