Democrats out participate Republicans in Kansas
Huckabee’s win in Kansas has set many off on the traditional riffs about the religious conservative, anti-evolution, backwardness of Kansas. Before you buy into that, consider this (data from CNN and the Kansas Secretary of State)
Number voting in the Democratic caucuses: 36,695
Number voting in the Republican caucuses: 19,133
The Democratic vote is 66% of the total.
In Kansas.
In 2004, Bush received 62% of the vote in Kansas.
In 2006, registration broke down this way:
Republican: 46%
Democratic: 26%
Unaffiliated: 26%
Other parties: 2%
But in the 2008 caucus, 66% of those showing up went to the Democratic caucuses.
The Kansas House of Representatives has 47 Democrats and 78 Republicans.
But in the 2008 caucus, 66% of those showing up went to the Democratic caucuses.
And the Republican caucuses were on a Saturday, the Democrats held theirs on a weeknight.