Tag Archives: voting

Stepping Up

November 5, 2008 – 12:37 pm

From the AP’s Voter turnout best in generations, maybe a century: “It looks like 136.6 million Americans will have voted for president this election, based on 88 percent of the country’s precincts tallied and projections for absentee ballots, said Michael McDonald of George Mason University. Using his methods, that would give 2008 a 64.1 percent [...]

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Sadly, We Live In An America Where This Is Probably True

October 1, 2008 – 05:40 pm

From Marty Kaplan’s Why the Debates Won’t Matter (Hint: It’s a Felony): “This election won’t be won or lost at the debates. Nor will it be determined by the two campaigns’ ‘ground games’ — their get-out-the-vote efforts. Nor, unfortunately, will its outcome even depend on how many Americans wake up on Election Day intending to [...]

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