Iowa: 123,000 of 640,000 registered Republicans in the state turned out to vote

[kpete]

The most ominous sign for the GOP might be the low turnout in Iowa after the Tea Party–driven enthusiasms of 2010. Roughly 123,000 of 640,000 registered Republicans in the state turned out to vote, along the lines of 2008, when dueling Democrats absorbed most of the electoral energy. . .

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/04/after-iowa-can-rick-santorum-keep-the-momentum.html

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. Well that's certainly a ringing endorsement of the GOP/candidates...

[rurallib]

2. and the big winner, Mittster, got 30,000

that is @5% of total republicans in Iowa.
Stellar victory, Mitter.

[11 Bravo]

3. Damn, if they figure out a way to bottle that "Republican enthusiasm", we're fucked!

[Viking12]

4. If I recall correctly, that's only small number above the 119,000 that turned out in 2008...

Q: If there's such widespread RW rage and hatred towards Obama, why didn't more people come out to express it?
A: Because the 'widespread dissatisfaction' is a fairly-tale constructed by the RW media.

[melissaf]

5. That doesn't surprise me at all.

If all the republicans are desperate to NOT vote for Mitt Romney, and the big not-Romney-of-the-week is Santorum, I'm not sure why anyone would bother to vote, either.

[Condem]

6. A ton of caucus goers at my precinct registered Republican just to vote for Paul.

So, it was a lot less than 123,000. Plus, those Paul people won't vote in the GE if he's gone.

[Faux pas]

7. All that time, money and wasted (on) air space for such a whimpy turn out...You gotta

LOL a lot.

[AverageJoe90]

8. And the MSM says that people aren't too happy with the DEMS......

....well, I think it just goes to show who's REALLY in trouble.

[former9thward]

9. It actually was a record turnout for the Rs.

The previous record was 119,000 in 2008.

[PuffedMica]

10. And out of those, three quarters of them did not vote for the front runner

and half of them did not vote for either of the front runners.