STUNNING NUMBERS – AT 9:07 A.M. ET:  Voting numbers for the primary season are now complete, and they show a stunning turnout in Republican primaries, but a disappointing turnout in the Dem race.  From Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit: 

This ought to keep Democrats up late at night.

Despite the constant negative press by the liberal media, Republicans are coming off a historic primary season.

Donald Trump continues to fill stadiums across the country like this capacity crowd in Bangor, Maine last week.

Republican turnout was up 62% this year.
Democratic turnout was down 21% this year.

Despite her tight race with Socialist Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton received 1,019,237 fewer votes this year than in 2008.

DEMOCRAT PARTY TURNOUT–
** In 2008 there were 38,111,341 Democrat votes in the primary. In 2016 there were 29,939,251 votes. A net decrease of 8,172,090 (-21%).

REPUBLICAN PARTY TURNOUT–
** In 2012 there were 19,214,513 Republican votes in the primary. In 2016 there were 31,108,968 votes. A net increase of 11,894,455 (+62%).

Republicans had 1.1 million more primary voters this year than the Democratic party.
These are stunning numbers!

COMMENT:   I think that Republican prospects for the November election are much better than the presumed experts believe.  There may well be a large, silent, Republican vote out there – people who may not tell the pollsters the truth about who they favor.  As readers know, I'm not a Donald Trump fan, but he often did better in the final vote tallies than in the pre-vote polling.

And yet, one can only dream of where we'd be if Trump were a better, more accomplished candidate.

July 5, 2016