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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts) Wed Apr 27, 2016, 12:11 AM Apr 2016

WTH, My home state Connecticut....

Population: 3.597 million (2014)

GOP primary votes $200k and change

Dem votes $320k ish

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WTH, My home state Connecticut.... (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2016 OP

$200k?? $320k?? Thor_MN Apr 2016 #1

Laura poured quite a few drinks Skittles Apr 2016 #2

I don't know about CT, but I know about Vermont from the movies pinboy3niner Apr 2016 #3

Keep in mind, we're a closed primary state with >40% registered independents. Chan790 Apr 2016 #4

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

1. $200k?? $320k??

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 12:34 AM

Apr 2016

Is that US or Canadian?

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

2. Laura poured quite a few drinks

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 12:38 AM

Apr 2016

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. I don't know about CT, but I know about Vermont from the movies

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 12:44 AM

Apr 2016

Go you Huskies!

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

4. Keep in mind, we're a closed primary state with >40% registered independents.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Wed Apr 27, 2016, 12:53 AM

Apr 2016

...and we have one of the lowest rates of voter registration in the US.

So...basically, out of at-most 1.4M that could have voted...~520K did.

That's not terrible. We've done worse as a state.

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