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Originally posted by ktsnake
Turnout was actually around 50% here in Oklahoma pretty good by national standards. I voted... Students for the most part (at least the ones I know) for the most part didn't vote because they live out of town and don't know how to do absentee ballots.
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Here in NY voter turnout was the lowest ever, approx. 32% of (registered I believe) voters showed up.
Granted some of that is due to an increase in voter registration, without a corresponding rise in VOTING. People here just dont think that their vote will count anymore.
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