Well, I think it's probably a mix of the fact that a lot of Americans are getting tired of hearing the same things year after year with no change at all, also probably the fact that a lot of americans don't know the fact that in most states the deadline for registering as a republican voter is sometime as large as 55 days+ prior to the actual polling day, failure to do so means your vote isn't counted. Meaning a lot of Americans that do actually go to vote don't get their vote counted, just another way to fix the system lol.