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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:10 AM
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Did i just hear right on AAR? 47% of Americans didn't vote!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:11 AM
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1. Yes, the flipside, 60% voted
which is the highest since 1960
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:13 AM
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2. 60% + 47% = 107%
I guess that accounts for the bush margin. :)
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:14 AM
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3. Damn fuzzy math!
N/T
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:23 AM
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4. Beem up all night
:-)
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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:42 AM
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5. then who was in line for blocks? Not all repugs !
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:45 AM
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6. Is this number
the % of people that were registered and didn't vote or the % of people that are of the voting age population that didn't vote?

Either way, turnout at least as evidenced by the results was far lower than anything hoped for by Kerry.
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Cleatus Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 05:57 AM
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7. About the youth number of that percentage
I returned my ballot, along with my parents ballots, to my county's drop box on October 20th. Curiously, both my parents votes had been marked "received", while I was still getting phone calls from MoveOn today saying my ballot was not received. I am 22. I wonder if this an isolated incedent. With the numbers of people showing up at polls, and the numbers of newly registered young voters, it just doesn't make sense that so few young people actually voted. There should have been at least been a slight increase.
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