Here are some hard numbers
Iowa (Caucus on Feb 1, 2016)
Democratic Voters as of Jan 2, 2015: 665,269
Democratic Voters as of Dec 2, 2015: 633,549 (A decline of 31,720)
New Hampshire (Primary on Feb 9, 2016)
Democratic Voters as of April 1, 2015: 231,445
Democratic Voters as of December 28, 2015: 229,202 (A decline of 2,243)
Nevada (Caucus on Feb 20, 2016)
Democratic Voters as of January 2015: 488,705
Democratic Voters as of November 2015: 473,548 (A decline of 15,157)
South Carolina (Primary on Feb 27, 2016)
A state where voters do not have to register by party in order to participate in the primary. BUT if voters participate in one primary they are barred from the other. The GOP primary is on Feb 20 (before the Democratic primary). So voter numbers here are not especially helpful but here they are, nevertheless,
Voter totals as of right now, 2,722,287. The RCP polling average for South Carolina has Clinton up by 40% as of now.
So. If Sanders is bringing new voters to the fold… where are they? I mean the Democratic voter registration is actually DOWN in the first 3 states by a total of 49,120. Are Sanders’ supporters aware that they have to be registered before they can vote for their candidate?
Again, where is the revolution?
I am serious here. Polls may be missing people without landlines (CT but there it is), polls may be missing people who have never voted before (CT II), BUT it is simply the fact that Sanders’ voters CANNOT vote unless they register.
So… Where are the massive new voter registrations we are supposed to be seeing?
While I support Hillary Clinton, I did not expect Sanders to be such a lightweight. If I were a Sanders supporter I would be MAD with his campaign.