I am not impressed by the turnout of the Republican Primary in New Hampshire : from 241,039 GOP votes in the 2008 primary to 247,223 votes in 2012 - The same for the Iowa Primary - I don't see the Tea Party Fervor and Enthusiasm in numbers

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This doesn't bode well for the Republican Party - I can predict a victory in November 6, 2012, but only when I see Big Numbers, Enthusiasm, Fervor, Ardor, Fire, Passion.

Tea Party : Where are you ??



Union Leader
Newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire
Granite Status: Primary set record for GOP turnout
John DiStaso
Senior Political Reporter
Jan 12, 2012


Granite Status: Primary set record for GOP turnout


Some excerpts :

The Secretary of State's office released county, city and town summaries showing that 247,223 votes were cast for candidates on the Republican ballot.

That's a turnout of 45 percent of the 546,411 names of Republican and undeclared voters on the Jan. 4 checklist.

Democrats are not eligible to vote in the GOP primary, just as registered Republicans cannot vote in a Democratic primary. Undeclared, or independent, voters can vote in either primary.

As of Jan. 4, there were 314,278 undeclared voters and 232,133 Republican voters on the checklist, Secretary of State Bill Gardner said.

Gardner said that when the few blank ballots cast in the GOP primary are counted, the number will be closer to the 250,000 he had predicted, but will fall just short.

Still, said Gardner, it's a record for a Republican presidential primary. The previous high in a Republican primary came in 2008, when 241,039 GOP votes were cast.

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