Omen?

Primary turnout will be close to, but not quite, a record

The record occurred in 1972.

High primary turnout does not necessarily augur high general election turnout. ... In 1972, the year of the highest presidential primary turnout, turnout in the general election experienced the largest decline of any election since World War II

Richard Milhous Nixon went on to rout George Stanley McGovern in 1972.

SNOB-ama is being compared to McGovern.

Oh Man, this would drive the Fiberal's even battier and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Here's another similarity.