Roughly 63% of eligible folks voted.
According to XM's pollitics channel this morning, this year's voting rate may be the highest since 1908. A full century.
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Fred Pete - Nov 05, 2008 7:22:01 am PST #186 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2008 8:02:10 am PST #187 of 10000
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Roughly 1/3 of populace voted.
Roughly 63% of eligible folks voted.
Does that mean only 1/3 of our populace is eligable to vote? Or is that 63% of registered voters?
omnis_audis - Nov 05, 2008 8:05:32 am PST #188 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I couldn't find registered voter stat, only eligible stat.
1/3 is total populace that voted. Children, immigrants, etc.
omnis_audis - Nov 05, 2008 8:08:53 am PST #189 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
population : 301 million
Those eligible to vote: 213 million
Votes: 120 million
All heavily rounded numbers. And votes are still being count.
(gosh, I hope my Gronk numbers estimate were close, seeing how we got some math whizzes in here)
Laga - Nov 05, 2008 8:20:44 am PST #190 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
According to the LA country registrar prop 8 passed by a .9% margin, 20,806 votes.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2008 8:21:57 am PST #191 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Is there an automatic re-count for when the margin is below a certain percentage?
Polter-Cow - Nov 05, 2008 8:24:58 am PST #192 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
According to the LA country registrar prop 8 passed by a .9% margin, 20,806 votes.
Laga, that has to be just for the county, right? Because statewide, it won bigger:
Yes 5,163,908 52.0%
No 4,760,336 48.0%
That was with 95% of precincts reporting.
Stephanie - Nov 05, 2008 8:30:32 am PST #193 of 10000
Trust my rage
I heard on NPR this morning that 77% of eligible voters voted in my home state of Minnesota.
Vortex - Nov 05, 2008 8:58:51 am PST #194 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
At 5PM, my mom's precinct had an 85% turnout.
Shir - Nov 05, 2008 9:10:29 am PST #195 of 10000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Seattle had two major street parties going last night, one on Broadway - the main street of Capital Hill, the young/gay district, and one on Pike which connects Capital Hill to Downtown.
Awwww. My smile just lighted up, because hey, I KNOW THESE PLACES. I landed in Seattle in the beginning of August 2007 and loved it, very very much. One of my top 3 places in that travel (the others were Portland and Los Angeles. NYC would probably make the list if I would stay there longer, but it still had the best food I ate on this travel).