The certain segments it's activating are the ones that only win in a low turnout, namely the older white population. If turnout is high, including young white people (who tend to vote progressive if they vote at all), then all the activism in the world on the part of old farts who happen to be white can't nullify a sheer mass of the electorate.
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Date: 19/11/12 23:35 (UTC)