"The list of acceptable forms [of voter ID} includes a concealed-handgun license but not a state university student ID. The omission suggests it is not voter fraud but voters unfriendly to the GOP that Abbott and other Texas Republicans are trying to thwart."
"The Republican Push to Make It Harder to Vote", Linda Killian, The Atlantic, 2013-08-02
The same article has a statement from the Libertarian Party:
“Republicans claim to be the party of limited government. Now we see what that term really means: when Republicans say limited government, they apparently mean government limited to them and their supporters.”
What too few people realize is that too many who had only themselves to blame for not voting let Republicans win time after time.
As of 2013-08-04, registration in North Carolina was 2,765,857 Democratic and 1,987,750 Republican. But here is something strange, the vote in 2010 for governor was 1,931,580 for Walter H. Dalton (DEM) and 2,440,707 for Pat McCrory (REP). Does this mean over 500,000 Democrats voted for McCrory? Does it mean that over 800,000 Democrats didn't even show up and Republicans picked up over 400,000 votes from non-affiliated voters? Turnout in 2012 was 68%. 68% of 2,765,857 is 1,880,783. Given that Romney got 50.39% of the vote in 2012, I lean to the notion that lots and lots of Democrats were disappointed in Obama and just didn't show up. How to lose elections in one easy lesson!
Another point, maybe too many Democrats voted for President but left much of the rest of the ballot blank - 2,178,391 Obama and 2,270,395 Romney. Reading these tea leaves is really getting confusing. Obama received more votes than Dalton, but McCrory received more votes than Romney. About the only firm conclusion I can come to it is that at least 21% of the registered Democrats did not vote for Obama and at least 30% of the registered Democrats did not vote for Dalton.
