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CNN: 110% of Scottish voters turn out for Independence vote. (Original Post)
AlinPA
Sep 2014
OP
The extra 10% is probably all the ancestors who fought for Scotland's independence
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#3
Do they dig up dead people and make them vote, like Lyndon Johnson did???
Manifestor_of_Light
Sep 2014
#5
I am sure some of my ancestors probably did rise up and vote for independence.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2014
#17
Rex
(65,616 posts)1. I'm 110% sure that is legit.
BREAKING CNN: DEDICATED 110% TO BRINGING YOU THE NEWS!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. This is possible if they have same day registration.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)3. The extra 10% is probably all the ancestors who fought for Scotland's independence
over the centuries.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)4. Even if that is the case
statistics would say that the majority voted for independence.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)5. Do they dig up dead people and make them vote, like Lyndon Johnson did???
Like Sir William Wallace?
I wonder what Billy Connolly thinks.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)17. I am sure some of my ancestors probably did rise up and vote for independence.
At least I hope they did.
Demit
(11,238 posts)6. It didn't have that headline when I just went there.
The tweet says something about the Scots giving it their all (It's a mistake in the numbers CNN posted for a POLL that was taken).
shenmue
(38,506 posts)7. Yay! It's good to participate.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)8. Sounds to me like a former local election in NC.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)9. CNN should stop hiring Faux News statisticians...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)12. They considered pros and cons of that but it was too close to call
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)13. Well played!
Forgot about that!
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)10. OK. Who gave them the keys to the distillery?
sorry nae whisky 'ere
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)11. Well, sports figures always give 110%, or so we're told...
So I suppose this is accurate...hmmmm
Botany
(70,520 posts)14. Bonnie Scott Lads
Bad Thoughts
(2,524 posts)15. Did Russian soldiers get lost on the way to Crimea?eom.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)16. I saw it on the internet.
Must be true.