US Election Forum

Originally posted by Palynka
Yes.

I don't care what he meant. The statement 'Most Americans don't vote at all' is not technically incorrect with respect to the last elections. I addressed this in the first paragraph of my post, why are you insisting? 😕

We're going in different directions. Yes, it is technically correct that most Americans do not vote.

However..



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Originally posted by Redmike
can we have a separate, temporary forum for the US election, so we can get all the dross out of the debates forum?

Should only be needed for a couple of months - they should have sorted out the legal challenges and everything else by xmas.

PLEASE DON"T DO THIS!!! I get enough election year garbage on TV, Radio, Internet etc. We already have lots of outlets for this. I log on to RHP to play chess, and get away from this bile!
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Originally posted by Palynka
Yes.

I don't care what he meant. The statement 'Most Americans don't vote at all' is not technically incorrect with respect to the last elections. I addressed this in the first paragraph of my post, why are you insisting? 😕

In fact, every person in any North or South American country can be called "American" so you can say the percentage is even lower!

Okay, just to put a cap on it, for all you diehards (or should I say fellow diehards?):

Voter turnout in this year's U.S. presidential election topped 125 million, according to unofficial estimates. The true figure will undoubtedly be higher.

The total number of eligible voters is 208 million, give or take a few.

We're in the vicinity of 60 percent. Most Americans do not vote, but the majority of those who can... do.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Okay, just to put a cap on it, for all you diehards (or should I say fellow diehards?):

Voter turnout in this year's U.S. presidential election topped 125 million, according to unofficial estimates. The true figure will undoubtedly be higher.

The total number of [b]eligible voters is 208 million, give or take a few.

We're in the vicinity of 60 percent. Most Americans do not vote, but the majority of those who can... do.[/b]

More importantly, they made a (hopefully) great choice. 🙂 Congrats!

Originally posted by Palynka
More importantly, they made a (hopefully) great choice. 🙂 Congrats!

Thanks! 🙂

Electing Barack Obama is the smartest thing Americans have done in many moons.

He's the right man for the right time.