“Every election is determined by the people who show up.”

Larry Joseph Sabato - American political scientist, political analyst. and author. He is the founder and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, which also  publishes Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections. He is the author of over twenty books on politics including the Pendulum Swing. He is the co-author with Glenn R. Simpson of Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics