Democrats Need To Get Out The Vote

Democrats need to vote because, even if the polls show them with a slight lead, the Republicans win by being far better at getting voters to the poles.

And right now, according to this Gallup poll, the Democrats have a 14 point lead.

As you can see in the following graph, the gap is the widest it has been since before August of 2005.

It is also among the highest seen since the Republicans came into power more than a decade ago.

Equally important for Dems is to get out all registered voters because Dems are heavily favoured among Independents as this graph shows.

It is unlikely, however, that the Republican majority could survive in the face of a popular surge for the Democrats, evidenced by a double-digit Democratic lead on the generic ballot just before the election.