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Originally Posted by coralway
I may be wrong - but I believe I read somewhere that in the 2008 presidential election, 64% of eligible voters voted. The highest turnout in history !!!! And I believe that this November that number will be even higher.
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Not to dispute your numbers but getting to the bottom of my point: It is a shame that only 64% of eligible voters voted. What and where were the other 36%? Using your math only 64% of the registered voters determined the outcome of the 2008 election. IMHO if more eligible Americans were registered to vote and then found their way to the polls, a better representation of what direction this country would take would be the outcome. I don't see the downside of helping eligible Americans register and I don't see the downside of more registered voters actually casting their vote.