What Turnout Increase?

Las Vegas billionaire/Freedom's Watch financier Sheldon Adelson is not having a great week; nemesis Rahm Emanual is having one of his best weeks ever.

In Minnesota, Al Franken's vote deficit is 236.

John McCain's Nebraska state director all but concedes Nebraska's second congressional district electoral vote to Barack Obama.

So turnout, overall either increased a tiny bit or stayed the same as a percentage of those eligible to vote.  Democratic turnout increased by two percent; Republican turnout decreased by one percent; Karl Rove's theory of the electorate vindicated?  Maybe. The distribution of turnout increases and decreases is uneven, and what might turn out (sorry) to be the story of this election is the significant Republican hand-sitting in places like Indiana matched with large inter-demographic increases by Barack Obama.

Maybe the fact that Alaskans had mixed feelings about voting for their beloved convicted felon is responsible for what seem to be significant turnout declines in the state. Maybe Dem turnout was down because of the lack of a competitive presidential race.  That, or Republicans are trying to steal the election.  (Only to turn around and help vote to kick Ted Stevens out of office again? How does that make sense?)