Democrats - You Have Just Been Given the Reason Why You Need to Vote!

Yesterday's elections are being claimed as a victory for Republicans. While it was, it was more a statement of visible evidence of the fact that people just do not take voting seriously. Here is my insight. The Democratic Party has traditionally been known as the party of the blue collar, lower income and working class people. Being a Democrat is almost a decision of it being inherited by birth or family membership, but Democrats just do not take voting seriously. Some people become Republican through family osmosis, as Democrats do, but more so, people make a more conscious decision to be Republican and they are just more passionate about it. They make sure they get out there, especially when they feel they may lose if they don't. Let me just make an obvious statement here, to try to prevent others from saying it. Not all Democrats lack passion. I'm talking about large percentages though.

It is the personal opinion of this writer, that IF voting were mandatory for every U.S. citizen, there would probably never be another Republican in office. President Obama won due to two main reasons - Democrats and Independents having enough of the previous eight years, and the genius and relentless political machine of the Barack Obama team. Democrats always need an extra push to get out and vote. Republicans do not. Even the two elections of President Bush victories were close and controversial.

Yesterday's election was a false victory for the Republican Party, and do not think that they don't know that. They are hailing it as the way back and indeed it can be...IF voter turnout remains low. Yesterday's election was about numbers. The media made only slight mention that the turnout of voters who supported President Obama was extremely low if at all. BINGO! That is the true story of the election. Republicans will most assuredly win if voter turnout is low!

Yesterday's election results were actually good for the Democratic Party. This is the ONLY way Democrats find the gumption to get off their butts and vote. Actually, yesterday woke the sleeping, and I do mean sleeping, giant in the room. It was exactly what Democrats needed to realize that IF they want their philosophies to prevail, they must take the half hour out of their day and vote. We all saw the long lines of voters in the last Presidential election. That's what won! That's what happens when people who do not typically vote, make the monumental decision to do so!

You can take it to the bank, and it is something that the Republican Party well knows. If the poor, low income, and middle income voters, who do not typically bother to vote are inspired, found, driven to the polls, the Democrats will win.

Yesterday was just a small slap in the face of freezing cold spring water to wake up the Democratic Party. You can't take voting for granted. It matters!