"Voter Interest" in this election can rightly be used interchangeably with "voter intensity" which in turn translates to "voter enthusiasm" to vote.   

Last March Republican enthusiasm was 5 points higher than Democrat enthusiasm, but that difference had grown to a 21 point edge in an October CNN survey.

CNN found 64% of Republicans are either extremely or very enthusiastic about voting in November which was up 3 points from June. Democrats by contrast had just a 43% enthusiasm level as they looked forward to voting in November.  

These kinds of numbers are the stuff of titanic defeats for Democrats.

A 2010 enthusiasm edge of 19 points at 63/44 for Republicans gave them pickups of  680 state level legislative seats and 64 Congressional seats.  

Today's IBD/TIPP survey shows Republicans 26 points more enthusiastic than Democrats with no telling how far the gap will grow.  Clearly getting rank and file Democrats out to vote for Barack Obama or anyone other Democrat  will be a very uphill battle.   

Very dangerous territory for Democrats

A December Gallup mega survey of 5000 voters in 12 swing states revealed non White enthusiasm was 32%. Compared to  2008 when 65% of Blacks voted  97% for Obama this is a stunning number.  

If Black enthusiasm to vote is already less than half 2008 levels  one has to wonder how many Blacks will turn out to vote for ANY Democrat without Obama at the top of their ticket? 

If the Obama Citizenship cases in other states are successful it will  be a disaster for down ballot Democrats like never before.

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