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lose the cheerleader pom poms and unbunch your panties MMM. Unless you
would like to try and describe the size of your tears of joy at the election of Obama and the size of the crowd at the inaug. Wash mall. ( does'nt have anything to do with political culture) only your Obama fan boy fetish. get real dude. I posted the Nov. 6 08' CNN Politics . Com article that described the actual 08' presidetial election voter turnout for 08' and 04' presidential election turnouts according to the CNN article pointed out less than 1 per cent difference. Which translates into a less than 1% increase btween 04' and 08' presidential election voter turnout?
You obviously put more importance on crowd numbers at the Wash mall for Obamas InAug.over actual election votes for Obama successful presidential bid 08'.- which does'nt support your political culture. now go and grow some skin dude. Look at the date of your Andy Barr article and my CNN Politics post which is dated Nov 6 08' and realize your article is using data from earlier date. Are we on same page?
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new report from American University’s Center for the Study of the American Electorate concludes that voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was the same in percentage terms as it was four years ago — or at most has risen by less than 1 percent.

The report released Thursday estimates that between 126.5 and 128.5 million Americans cast ballots in the presidential election earlier this week. Those figures represent 60.7 percent or, at most, 61.7 percent of those eligible to vote in the country.

“A downturn in the number and percentage of Republican voters going to the polls seemed to be the primary explanation for the lower than predicted turnout,” the report said. Compared to 2004, Republican turnout declined by 1.3 percentage points to 28.7 percent, while Democratic turnout increased by 2.6 points from 28.7 percent in 2004 to 31.3 percent in 2008.

“Many people were fooled (including this student of politics although less so than many others) by this year’s increase in registration (more than 10 million added to the rolls), citizens’ willingness to stand for hours even in inclement weather to vote early, the likely rise in youth and African American voting, and the extensive grassroots organizing network of the Obama campaign into believing that turnout would be substantially higher than in 2004,” Curtis Gans, the center’s director, said in the report. “But we failed to realize that the registration increase was driven by Democratic and independent registration and that the long lines at the polls were mostly populated by Democrats.”


Some experts also note that national turnout trends may mask higher turnout in swing states with more intensive attempts by both campaigns to get their supporters to the polls. Several large states, including California and New York, had no statewide races and virtually no advertising or get-out-the-vote efforts by either presidential campaign.

According to the report, several Southern states — North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, and Mississippi — and the District of Columbia saw the greatest increases in voter turnout.

Overall turnout was highest in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, South Dakota and North Carolina, according to the report.

In 2004, 122 million Americans voted in the general election