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06 Nov 2008 02:45 pm
Weirdness In Alaska
This is very odd:
Four years ago, 313,592 out of 474,740
registered voters in Alaska participated in the election-a 66% turnout.
Taking into account 49,000 outstanding ballots, on Tuesday 272,633 out
of 495,731 registered Alaskans showed up at the polls; a turnout of
54.9%. That’s a decrease of more than 11% in voter
turnout even though passions ran high for and against Obama, as well as
for and against Sarah Palin!
This year, early voters set a new record.
As of last Thursday, with 4 days left for early voting, 15,000 Alaskans
showed up-shattering the old record set in 2004 by 28%! Consider the
most popular governor in history-and now the most polarizing-was on the
Republican ticket. Consider the historic nature of this race; the first
African American presidential candidate EVER! The second woman to ever
make a presidential ticket; and she’s one of our own. Despite that,
we’re supposed to believe that overall participation DECREASED by 11%.
Not only that, but this historic election both nationally and for
Alaska HAD THE LOWEST ALASKA TURNOUT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RACE EVER!!!
I'm not drawing the conclusions this blogger is, but it does seem remarkable.
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