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onenote

(42,581 posts)

10. Bullshit.

Reply to Calista241 (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 06:12 PM

Mar 2017

Approximately 70 million brackets will be filled out. But many people fill out more than one bracket, so the actual number of people filling out brackets is probably around 50 million. And that includes some number of people who are ineligible to vote.

Meanwhile, around 130 million people cast ballots in the 2016 election.

http://fortune.com/2016/03/14/bets-ncaa-march-madness/

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More people fill out NCAA brackets than actually vote [View all] Calista241 Mar 2017 OP

Yeah but they can do it online at their job, House of Roberts Mar 2017 #1

I filled out 5. But to be fair, they bussed me in JDC Mar 2017 #2

Yes, but they can do it at home, in their leisure, at 3am if they want Heddi Mar 2017 #3

My stepson could have voted by mail maxsolomon Mar 2017 #4

I understand his whining JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2017 #7

Postage should also be free to write to our elected representatives csziggy Mar 2017 #9

I was an immigrant and WilmywoodNCparalegal Mar 2017 #5

You can fill out an unlimited number of ballots, too, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2017 #8

One day while they are watching the playoffs the kacekwl Mar 2017 #6

Bullshit. onenote Mar 2017 #10

I suspect it was a creative use of the word "or" that the author exploited. Calista241 Mar 2017 #12

And even that wouldn't be true onenote Mar 2017 #13

sounds like another attempt to delegitimize our elections RussBLib Mar 2017 #11

Well, it IS from FOX, So..... Verbose Matthias Mar 2017 #14

There should be a general ban on FOX News stories at DU. SansACause Mar 2017 #15