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Thread #115900 Message #2487946
Posted By: beardedbruce
07-Nov-08 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lines at the Polls
Subject: RE: BS: Lines at the Polls
updated 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
Number of votes cast set record, but voter turnout percentage didn't
Story Highlights
About 127 million votes cast, shattering 2004 record by at least 4.3 million votes
Turnout percentage about 61 percent, compared with 1960's 67 percent
Early voting tracker: 31.7 million voted early in at least 30 early voting states
North Carolina, Maine voters set record-breaking turnouts
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/voter.turnout/index.html