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AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:33 PM Oct 2016

America hits new landmark: 200 million registered voters


The figure means more than 50 million new people have registered to vote in the past eight years. Only 146.3 million were registered as recently as 2008, when then-Sen. Barack Obama first won the White House — a remarkable 33 percent surge in the electorate during a single presidency.





[link:http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/how-many-registered-voters-are-in-america-2016-229993|
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America hits new landmark: 200 million registered voters (Original Post) AmericanMan1958 Oct 2016 OP
This is excellent news for democracy! Yay! eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #1
Of the 146 million registered in 2008, 10% are now deceased, mostly conservatives. Coyotl Oct 2016 #2
Fantastic! AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #3
I'm not so sure this is good news. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2016 #4
Newly registered voters Mongol-in-SD Oct 2016 #7
Hope you're right. But this is an anti-establishment election. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2016 #11
When we GOTV, murielm99 Oct 2016 #5
Yep, that's the truth! TonyPDX Oct 2016 #6
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2016 #10
Trumpers will be at the polls in Democratic precincts IronLionZion Oct 2016 #8
That's nearly 2/3rds of the US population... that's a good thing !!! uponit7771 Oct 2016 #9
 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
2. Of the 146 million registered in 2008, 10% are now deceased, mostly conservatives.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:37 PM
Oct 2016

People don't change, but the old ones die. (says the old guy)

Mongol-in-SD

(4 posts)
7. Newly registered voters
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 05:21 PM
Oct 2016

tend to vote in the election that motivated then to register. Now keeping them active for subsequent elections is more difficult.

Here's a shout out to Bernie for encouraging folks to be more politically active.

..and a Bronx cheer of appreciation to the orange cheato for motivating folks to come out against him!

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,122 posts)
11. Hope you're right. But this is an anti-establishment election.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 05:54 PM
Oct 2016

Fingers crossed she blows him out of the water.

IronLionZion

(45,447 posts)
8. Trumpers will be at the polls in Democratic precincts
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 05:25 PM
Oct 2016

challenging the registration/eligibility of anyone who doesn't look like a trumper. Definitely vote early if you can and encourage other Dems to do the same.

It is wonderful that we have so many new people registered to vote, many of which registered specifically to vote against that asshole.

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