Voter Turnout Outpaces Last Two Elections
Though votes are still being counted out west – and there are provisional and absentee ballots outstanding – CBS News is estimating that the final turnout in the 2008 election will be 133 million or more Americans, many of whom endured hours-long waits Tuesday to cast their ballots.
133 million votes would mean that 57 percent of the voting age population cast a ballot, CBS News estimates, up from 55 percent in 2004 and 50 percent in 2000.
The percentage turnout in this election is unlikely to be the highest in American history – as the Associated Press notes, the turnout rate in 1960's presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was 63.8 percent.
133 million votes would mean that 57 percent of the voting age population cast a ballot, CBS News estimates, up from 55 percent in 2004 and 50 percent in 2000.
The percentage turnout in this election is unlikely to be the highest in American history – as the Associated Press notes, the turnout rate in 1960's presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was 63.8 percent.
Impeach Obama or Stoppa Obama!!
All that being said, what is done is done. Enjoy your victory, but as the euphoria fades, remember the ball is now in your court. There will be no George Bush or any republicans to blame now. It%u2019s now time to put up or shut up. I for one will give President elect Obama and this new administration the benefit of the doubt but I and my conservative brethren will be watching closely and if and when things go awry we will know exactly where to lay the blame.
Congratulations. Good luck and God Bless
Born: January 20, 2001
Died: November 4, 2008
R.I.P.
If we could get a secure online voting mechanism, maybe we could get much higher voter participation.
Rush Limbaugh and the Right Wing Media are attempting to trumpet this mantra to their disappointed mindless followers in effort to present some sort of positive accomplishment in the morning after the result of 8 years of horrendous failure of the Conservative Agenda on the United States.
The 2008 election has been an referendum on the Republican Political Party that has used and abused their own constituancy and has taken everything they could from the American People during their time in power. We must remember what these people have done, and always keep in mind what their potential could be if allowed to dictate policy in the future for America.
It was Rush Limbaugh that always spouted to the Liberals to %u201Ctry to win some elections my friends!%u201D
This one%u2019s for you Rush%u2026