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Old 11-03-2004, 06:02 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Um, ok, see, there's a problem with this logic. The voter turnout was not 17% of registered voters 18-25, it was 17% of registered voters 18-DEAD. Now, you're going to tell me that you expect significantly more than 17% of the 18-DEAD voters to be 18-25? I don't even have to look at the statistics to tell you that people 18-25 are not more than, say, 20% of people 18-DEAD.

17% for young voters is pretty decent turnout. Think about this. It was 17% of MORE VOTERS OVERALL. So, voters 17-25 saw the same sharp increase in voter turnout that EVERY OTHER AGE GROUP DID. Go figure, other age groups might be more interested in this election too
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