Re: off topic: American voting tradition

These stats are only for Presidential Elections and I will start at 1908,

1908: 65.4
1912: 58.8
1916: 61.6
1920: 49.2
1924: 48.9
1928: 56.9
1932: 56.9
1936: 61.0
1940: 62.5
1944: 55.9
1948: 53.0
1952: 63.3
1956: 60.6
1960: 62.8
1964: 61.7
1968: 60.6
1972: 55.2
1976: 53.3
1980: 52.6
1984: 53.3
1988: 50.2
1992: 55

I think I'm becoming to appreciate existentialism because a life without God
seriously sucks.
	- Anonymous: 1998

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, steve swenson wrote:

> Actually I think 30% is a Good turn-out for voting. I think the average is
> probably 10-15%  anyone have any real stats?  We americans are so
> non-political...
>
>           --Steve
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> ---Reply on mail from Optimus about [SPELLJAMMER] - off topic: American voting tradition
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> > Hi there,
> >
> >>
>
> Any vote postmarked after midnight tonight will be ignored, and
> >>tomorrow that page will vanish.  The voting thus far has been in
> >>keeping with the American voting tradition.
> >
> >>That is, roughly a 30% turn out.  :/
> >
> > WHAT? Around here it is at rougly 80%...
> > 30% unbelievable, shesh...
> >
> > With regards,
> >
> > Kai
> >
> >
> > "It is better to free a hundred men that are guilty
> > than to kill one who is innocent."
> > Merlin the magician in the Camelot Cartoon
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