Daily Kos GOTV: Margins Matter

chrislhayes

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Monday November 01, 2010 · 5:09 PM PDT

2010/11/01 · 17:09

It turns out it's a whole lot easier to get amped about an election where your side is likely to kick butt than one in which it looks like your butt will be kicked. This has, I think, as much a role in the enthusiasm gap as anything. And while my sense is that most people reading a DailyKos diary are going to vote, it's worth laying out the case for why it is so damn important, particularly in this year.

There are lots of predictions of Republican gains in the election: Nate Silver thinks they'll win the house, and gain a bunch of seats in the senate. That seems to be the consensus prediction, and since the consensus is so robust you may feel it's a fait accompli. It's not.

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