> Just one more thing...I did a bit of canvassing to get out the vote on
> election day, and I met some more green party types who said they just
> don't care to vote, they don't like Dems. I really don't think anything
> would have got them to vote... And I met one guy who said to me..."yah,
> I hate Darling, but I got some things to do today...so I don't think I
> will vote."
>
> I think that is a lot less likely to occur among conservatives...
Conservatives are presented with candidates who appear to stand for what they, the voters, really believe in. For whatever reason, they are in the market for what the right wing candidate is selling, and they know the political tide is going their way. Anyone politically left of center in today's US is, if not totally burnt out, very close. I think Obama has been a real stake thru the heart of the "left" of the Democratic Party. Even liberals see no one genuinely championing their cause, and people further left have written electoral politics off...for now.
Maria