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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 06:54 PM
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Voter turnout expected to be highest in decades
Source: Associated Press

By SETH BORENSTEIN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict. The only question dividing experts is how huge will it be. Will it be the largest since 1968, largest since 1960 or even, as one expert predicts, the largest in a century? Soaring early voting levels hint at a big turnout, but that could just be the same voters casting ballots earlier instead of more voters hitting the polls. Weather should generally be favorable, according to forecasts.


Georgia voters stand in line to vote early at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Heavy black turnout among early voters in Georgia is not only boosting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's chances but threatening incumbent Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)


What early voting numbers mean and how much of the youth and Hispanic votes turn out are the big factors political scientists look at when trying to predict how many eligible Americans will vote.

Michael McDonald of George Mason University is so optimistic he's predicting the highest level in a century.

"We're going to definitely beat the turnout rate in 2004, the question is by how much," McDonald said. "We have a chance to beat the 1960 turnout rate."


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20081031/D945ODO01.htm...



Marta and I voted on the 18th by mail. We checked, they did get there.
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   No wonder the Republicans..  stillcool47   Oct-31-08 07:01 PM   #1 
   And there will be folks who think we're stupid  gratuitous   Oct-31-08 07:19 PM   #2 
   Black people aren't voting for McSame...they're voting in droves for Palin  Wednesdays   Nov-01-08 01:18 AM   #8 
   Not to steal the wind from Obama but  whosinpower   Oct-31-08 07:21 PM   #3 
   New McCain strategy: Rain Dance!  tclambert   Oct-31-08 07:48 PM   #4 
   And pray for the Rapture  tclambert   Oct-31-08 07:49 PM   #5 
      Be careful what you wish for...if the Rapture comes...  rasputin1952DU Moderator   Oct-31-08 09:18 PM   #6 
   Please, please, please, please...  AsahinaKimi   Oct-31-08 09:22 PM   #7 
      Arigatou  Wednesdays   Nov-01-08 01:27 AM   #9 
         Obama sama!  AsahinaKimi   Nov-01-08 04:44 PM   #10 
 
stillcool (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 07:01 PM
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1. No wonder the Republicans..
are doing everything they can to stop the American people from voting.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 07:19 PM
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2. And there will be folks who think we're stupid
They will try to tell us that all these voters got engaged in the race, turned out to vote, stood in line for hours to ratify the status quo of the last eight years. That was the story line coming out of Ohio in 2004, where people stood in the rain to cast their ballots for . . . four more years of George W. Bush. Are you shittin' me? And all those black faces I see standing in line in Georgia are no doubt just itching to vote for Straight-Talkin' Johnny Maverick, too.

Keep an eye on the media narratives, because someone will be working mighty hard to sell this nonsense this time around.
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 01:18 AM
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8. Black people aren't voting for McSame...they're voting in droves for Palin
You betcha. ;)
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 07:21 PM
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3. Not to steal the wind from Obama but
This will be yet one more for the record books that George W. Bush has wrought. Because of him - EVERYONE wants change!

However - I will thank Obama for his visionary and flawless campaign, for his eloquence, his nuance - and most especially - his hope.
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tclambert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 07:48 PM
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4. New McCain strategy: Rain Dance!
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tclambert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-31-08 07:49 PM
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5. And pray for the Rapture
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rasputin1952 DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-31-08 09:18 PM
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6. Be careful what you wish for...if the Rapture comes...
only R's will be left behind!... :scared:

:D
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-31-08 09:22 PM
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7. Please, please, please, please...
Edited on Fri Oct-31-08 09:26 PM by AsahinaKimi
Please, please, please, please...let there be a TSUNAMI of votes for OBAMA..
onegaishimasu!!!!
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-01-08 01:27 AM
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9. Arigatou
Obama shi ha shouri suru! :bounce:
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10. Obama sama!
Obama sama! Gambatte ne!! Woot! :kick:
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