A protest vote driven by public anger is not so surprising.
What has compounded the threat to the Democrats is what Mr. Morrison calls "strategic voting" driven by poll results and the oddities of the three-way contest.
First with the Brexit vote driven by xenophobes; then when Trump won the election, showing little respect for tolerance and democracy; as if Nazi and Communist genies had escaped from our bell jar.
In 2012 a record number of Latinos voted driven by strong enthusiasm for Obama's executive order protecting DREAMers (DACA), combined with a robust Latino-focused get-out-the-vote effort by OFA, and uncoordinated, but equally strong efforts by national Latino civic groups dedicated to growing the Latino electorate.
Britain in particular was scrambling to develop a compromise that could attract at least eight or nine votes, driven in part by growing domestic pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair not to join in military action alongside the United States without authorization from the United Nations.
Following his loss to Mr. Cuomo — and after stating unequivocally in 2006, "I will not seek elective office again" — Mr. Green is back on the hunt for votes, driven in large part, he says, by his anger over Mr. Bloomberg's overturning of term limits.
And it's downright outrageous when those same Democrats claim their votes were driven by drug safety concerns, since all twelve voted to lower drug safety standards when they supported the 21st Century Cures Act.
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House minority whip, said Tuesday that those Democratic votes were driven by politics, not substance.
That narrative needs to be about character, not positions; presidential votes are driven by gut feelings, not issue arithmetic.
The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, said he was "gutted" by the result, which he described as a protest vote partly driven by a "distaste for elites".
