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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:48 PM Original message |
2008 voting rate down despite Obama hype |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Another one of those... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Shouldn't this just read "Fewer republicans voted in 2008"? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's what I'm thinking. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You can't tell that from the data |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Actually, that "fewer older white" stat says so.... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. People sure are in a hurry to take Obama down. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You've noticed. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah. Breaking news, right. =) |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I guess we're not on the left anymore |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Obama's more popular in Oz than in the US |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Interesting since they conclude that older white voters stayed home... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. That's not the conclusion I drew from the headline at all |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Bingo! On the other hand, I am white and (to my great surprise) more liberal than many herre. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's funny. Posting here makes me realize how centrist I am. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maine had 71% participation |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. In Virginia |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. This seems like hair-splitting, at best. |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here's the whole article: |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Two things |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. But it wasn't an "increase in minority AND young voter rates", it was only an increase in |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. "last November?" I cast my ballot in SEPTEMBER! |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Obama Won |
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