The thing is, they don't necessarily represent turnout, but they certainly represent a strong ground game. They make an insane amount of calls and knock on an insane number of doors. That's the primary reason he's been winning. That effect on turnout isn't generally talked about when the general happens - I'm not sure if people are just assuming that that sort of activity will happen no matter who is the nominee. I don't think that's the case.
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