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Originally posted by Nizzle
Were it only true. Voter turnout for the 2000 Presidential election was 51.3%. That's shockingly low, but actually up from about 49% in 1996.
Considering that less than 20% of people surveyed were able to distinguish Iraq from Al Qaeda, I think the numbers speak for themself. If all 50% of eligible Americans that won't be voting belonged to the group of Americans who couldn't distinguish Iraq from Al Qaeda (83%!), that leaves 33% still voting who don't understand what is going on. That's a pretty alarming figure.
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That only counts registered voters. Try adding in those that could be registered but choose not to be. 105 million turned out with 205,000,000 residents over the age of 18 (granted not all can vote but most could if they wanted to).