How do democrats explain the lower turnout in the texas democratic primaries than republican primaries in the elections for president between 1996 and 2002?

The way that democrats explains the lower turnout would be : There were very low levels of opposition in the Democratic party compared to the republican one
Which means that dmeocratic's candidate will tend to appeal to the states that support Democratic agenda , such as minimum wage or Carbon Tax.

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