Obama v. Romney: conservative turnout

[Jacobtm]

Will Conservative turnout be considerably different in '12 than it was in '08?

Assuming Obama v. Romney.

To me, Romney seems about equivalent to McCain in terms of conservative credentials, and with memories of Bush fading, there would seem to be a bit less reason for conservatives to stay at home.

[King]

Turnout on ideology doesn't really vary much election to election for President, only on midterms.

It's the politically inactive that need to be corralled.

[Del Tachi]

I mean, even though Romney might not be the ideal conservative candidate, the fact that Obama is on the ballot will get conservatives to vote en masse for the "Anti-Obama".

Conservative turnout in '12 will be comparable to liberal turnout in '08, expect minority and youth turnout to be supressed. 

[tmthforu94]

A lot of it depends on the VP candidate. Conservative turnout is already going to be very high since Obama's up for reelection. If Romney chose someone like, say, Huckabee for VP, it'd go through the roof.

[Lief 🗽]

They'll turnout plenty to elect Vice President Rubio.

[King]

They'll turnout plenty to elect Vice President Rubio.

Romney/Rubio sounds far too reasonable of a ticket for it to ever come out of these GOP primaries.

We're going to get Bachmann/Allen West or something equally ridiculous.