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Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:15 am
by Barotix
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... r-than-04/The report released Thursday estimates that between 126.5 and 128.5 million Americans cast ballots in the presidential election earlier this week[..]
In 2004, 122 million Americans voted in the general election.
1% increase. The promise of Change and
Maverickyness only made a 1% difference.
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:18 am
by heroo
After 8 years of Bush adminstration, I thought more people would turn up for this election.
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:25 am
by Reise
Turnout in my state actually dropped about 500 voters. Lots of absentee votes too.
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:26 am
by Du De Wei
my guess is most mccain supporters didnt bother voting probably because they didnt think they would win the election or they didnt like mccain and wouldve rather voted for someone else
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:29 am
by Barotix
Compared to 2004, Republican turnout declined by 1.3 percentage points to 28.7 percent, while Democratic turnout increased by 2.6 points from 28.7 percent in 2004 to 31.3 percent in 2008.
1.3% and 2.6%
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:13 am
by tedtwilliger
To get a general understanding of the situation, anyone know how many registered voters there are in America? Or people over 21 (legal age?)
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:59 am
by Reise
tedtwilliger wrote:To get a general understanding of the situation, anyone know how many registered voters there are in America? Or people over 21 (legal age?)
I remember reading somewhere around 80% of registered voters actually voted.
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 2:24 pm
by chesticles
6mil more is alot of people if u think about it that way
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 2:43 pm
by l05tfr33k7
ya i laughed at the turnout also. but i think the young voter tournout did increase a decent number but much of the republican base stayed home.
Re: Voter turnout.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:57 pm
by mimiskis
obama had won at 11 PM and polls were still running till the next day i wouldnt bother voting if he had won already