Caucus turnout in Thurston County doubles: +10,000

The turnout for the precinct caucuses on Saturday throughout Thurston County was 10,956.

To compare that, the turnout in 2004, a year that everyone back then called "historic" was just under 5,000 throughout the county. Yeah, we had some loud and crowded rooms.

UPDATE: Then again, if you look at the turnout in the 2006 and 2004 primaries, turnout on Saturday was about a third of what we would have expected.

So, if you assume there are about 135,000+ registered voters in Thurston County, our turnout for the Democratic caucuses was under ten percent. If you assume equal turnout for the Republicans (and you can't) turnout was still under 20 percent.

More than 80 percent of the voters in Thurston County did not voice their preference on Saturday.

Submitted by Emmett on February 12, 2008 - 10:25am.