Poll: Motivated, ferocious conservatives twice as likely as liberals to vote

Conservatives are twice as likely as their liberal counterparts to go to the polls Nov. 4. No really.

“Although overall turnout among the public is likely to be around 40 percent, 73 percent of those who hold consistently conservative attitudes are likely to vote in the midterm, as are 52 percent of those with mostly conservative views,” reports the Americans Trends Panel, a substantial new gauge of the upcoming midterm election by the indefatigable Pew Research Center.

“Voters on the left are less politically engaged this election: 58 percent of those with consistently liberal views and just 32 percent of those with mostly liberal attitudes are likely to turn out,” the research says.

The survey of over 3,100 Americans also finds vexed Republicans to be particularly motivated.

“Hostility toward the opposing party is a key marker of polarization and a strong motivator for voting, the analysis says, noting that 65 percent of Republicans with a very unfavorable view of the Democratic Party in the current survey are likely to vote. Forty nine percent of Democrats who have reciprocal feelings about the GOP are also likely to vote.