harry_pothead
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Fri Nov-14-08 03:02 AM
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Youth vote really DID put President-elect Obama into office |
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I looked at CNN's website on the presidential election results and did some math.
ALL VOTERS Obama - ~66.6 million McCain - ~58.2 million Margin - ~8.4 million for Obama
18-29 VOTERS (18% of electorate) Obama - ~14.8 million McCain - ~7.2 million Margin - ~7.6 million for Obama
ALL OTHER VOTERS (82% of electorate) Obama - ~51.8 million McCain - ~51.0 million Margin - ~800 thousand for Obama
Screw all that punditry about the youth vote not turning out or not mattering. We did it!
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Fri Nov-14-08 03:07 AM
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1. True, but you could say the same thing about the black vote, the women vote, the independent vote... |
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Fri Nov-14-08 03:08 AM
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2. Yes, we all did it of course. (nt) |
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Fri Nov-14-08 03:21 AM
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3. That was my first thought as well. Identity politics has come to rule. That is good and bad news. |
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