Good Vibrations

Turnout larger than expected in primaries

Voters generally turned out in large numbers in the states holding Democratic primaries or caucuses Tuesday, with only Missouri and Oklahoma officials reporting lower than expected turnout.

In Arizona, there was unprecedented turnout for the state's primary as more than 225,000 voters -- or roughly one-quarter of the state's registered Democrats -- cast ballots, far exceeding previous records.

High primary turnout is usually an indication of an energized base. Best of all not only does our base appear to be excited, but they are showing up to vote for "electable centrists" like Kerry and Edwards rather than political holy rollers like Dean, Kucinich of Rev. Sharpton. This is definetly a good sign and suggests that the center-left will not fracture in 2004 like it did in 2000.