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Re: Democracy Incorporated (4.00 / 2)

That's 60% of registered voters, not qualified ones. Apathy in the U.S. is more likely to be expressed by people not bothering to vote. I'm always a bit puzzled by the 40% of actual voters who take the trouble to register to vote, and then don't bother to actually vote.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 05:10:50 PM EST
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Re: Democracy Incorporated (4.00 / 2)

Nope, sixty percent of the voting eligible population, or to be exact 60.32 percent. By eligible that means all people of voting age ex non citizens (8.45% of the voting age population) and people barred by the felon laws (about 1.5% of the VAP).

see US Elections Project

by MarekNYC on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 02:21:20 PM EST
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Thanks for the details. I was pretty sure I had seen similar percentages for registered voters, but either I was mistaken or I had read something in the MSM without being skeptical enough.

The figures may not be completely accurate, as they seem to be percentages of U.S. resident citizens, while voting figures include absentee votes. They seem to be aware of this problem, but so far haven't found a reliable way to apportion oversea votes to states, as the raw data is not available.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Sun May 18th, 2008 at 08:22:46 AM EST
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The last election was a huge change from before, though. Declining participation had been a feature of the system for quite a long time. You would have been right ten years ago.

by Zwackus on Mon Jun 16th, 2008 at 06:46:34 PM EST
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Does that count the people who voted twice?

</snark>

- Jake

Ceterum censeo Chicago esse delendam

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon May 19th, 2008 at 05:06:41 AM EST
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