Cogent and well considered, as usual. Except... No, what he is saying here is that someone grumpily voting for Clinton is not out roping in all their neighbors and cousins and in-laws and FB friends to come out and vote. They are driving to their polling station alone. Dragging their feet in line, droopily pulling the level labeled "Clinton", and moping their way back home to drink a cold glass of chardonnay and watch West Wing re-runs. So every vote for Clinton is, well, a vote for Clinton. Compared with Bubba, who is a Patriot, goddam it, and so is gonna rope in every one of his in-bred moronic cousins, and the bartender, and that damn homeless guy on the corner, drive them to their polling place, and inform them loudly and with veins throbbing in his forehead that they WILL go inside, and they WILL vote for Trump, or else ole Bubba is gonna kick some cousin ass! Every Bubba vote for Trump is actually 1+N votes, where N=number of Bubba's cousins. Which seems kinda far-fetched to us lefties on the coasts, but - goddamn, if I am not seeing this from my acquaintances in the flyover states. Bubba has never given a shit about politics before. Now he feels like he has a voice, and a chance to stick it to everyone he has ever paid taxes to, so he's gonna grab that opportunity and run with it. Unless "America" beer goes on sale for $.10 a tallboy with attached Roman Candle on November 7th.... Who fucking cares? I volunteered for Kerry and it did fuckall. I voted for Kerry and it did fuckall. I'm not sure why "I'll vote for Clinton but be bummed out" somehow counts less than "I'll vote for Clinton and be stoked." Until ballots have constitutionally-binding emoji on them, this is nothing more than a bullshit wordcount filler.