Reply #5: while more Democrats turned out in absolute numbers in KY, percentage turnout [View All]

was almost identical: 33% of registered repubs in the repub primary and around the same number of registered Democrats in the Democratic primary. The reason the absoolute numbers are so disparate is that there are a lot more registered Democrats in KY than registered repubs. And because the prmiaries are closed, Democrats typically have a lot more votes cast in their primaries than repubs have cast in theirs. But the fact that a Democrat gets a lot more votes than a repub in their respective primaries hasn't generally been a good indicator of the outcome of the general election.

On the plus side, the fact that turnout was similar for both parties undercuts the Democratic "voter fatigue" meme and the "repub base more enthusiastic" meme.