So... How Many of You Voted?..

CocoboloCowboy said:
Well if this election is like most elections, only 15-20% of those who are eligible to register to vote, actually cast ballots.

I voted early weeks ago....FYI
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I guess you aren't too good with numbers. The statistics that I read say there are about 180 million to 190 million adults in the U.S. who are eligible to vote. The vote totals that I have seen so far are: OBAMA 60,085,524, ROMNEY 57,401,992. So that means that over 117 million people went out to vote. Even if you take the higher number and use 190 million people we are at 62% who voted.
 
whitewolf said:
And that is exactly why I am NOT buying your book!
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Yay, another four years of giving billions of dollars to Israel, aggressive foreign policy, indefinite detention for American citizens (that's right-you don't have any more rights in this country), big government with less transparency and more spending.

And I haven't even started. I'm seriously curious why people voted for Obama.
 
evanlockhart said:
I'm seriously curious why people voted for Obama.
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If that's true, and not rhetorical, just log on to either google news or yahoo news and you'll find hundreds of in-depth articles about why people voted for either candidate.

But then you wouldn't be able to woof at any fellow citizen who disagreed with your choice.
 
Tramp Steamer said:
The Steamer family has always taken our boating seriously. As far back as my great-great-great-grandfather Hezekiah, we Steamers have been boaters.
Why, just the other day I was talking to my cousin about taking the family boat out for a...what? The man was talking about votes? Not boats?
My bad. Carry on. :smile:
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Hey Tramp,
How is Pappy Hezekiah doing these days? Did you take the family out for a vote ride? Opps, I mean boat ride!!!
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Yes, as usual I voted, but it did not turn out the way I wanted, and I am so afraid of what is going to happen to our great country in the next four years, just my my honest opinion.
 
Electoral College Sucks!

I voted but it doesn't make any difference, and doesn't for most Americans. The electoral college controls the votes and elects the President, the people don't. It's one of those strange rules, along with Congressional leaders buying cross state insurance that I would love to see done away with.
Voting is important, but you can't say that everyone's vote counts with the Electoral College in place.
My wife refuses to vote because her vote won't make a difference in the Electoral vote. It's tough for me to argue with this....
 
RAMIII said:
I voted but it doesn't make any difference, and doesn't for most Americans. The electoral college controls the votes and elects the President, the people don't. It's one of those strange rules, along with Congressional leaders buying cross state insurance that I would love to see done away with.
Voting is important, but you can't say that everyone's vote counts with the Electoral College in place.
My wife refuses to vote because her vote won't make a difference in the Electoral vote. It's tough for me to argue with this....
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Presidents aren't the only thing you vote for at election time.... :frown:
 
TheMarsMan said:
I guess you aren't too good with numbers. The statistics that I read say there are about 180 million to 190 million adults in the U.S. who are eligible to vote. The vote totals that I have seen so far are: OBAMA 60,085,524, ROMNEY 57,401,992. So that means that over 117 million people went out to vote. Even if you take the higher number and use 190 million people we are at 62% who voted.
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That puts us tied with Russia and better than the Swiss. I wonder how politics would change if that number was closer to 90% of eligible voters...
 
I hear you

NickV said:
Presidents aren't the only thing you vote for at election time.... :frown:
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and hear your pondering about whether that would boost our election turnout.

But I don't think may Americans even know much about the Electoral College, how it functions, and thus how it neutralizes votes.

And yes there are other important issues, but my background is in politics, my wife's is in medicine, and while I have a difficult time keeping up with all the local issues, my wife just doesn't even want to try if it's too difficult. Again she's one of the more educated in our country.

I think until we make voting mandatory or make it a national holiday for the sole purpose of voting, we're going to have a real issue with turnout. Even in the 60s with some of the most turbulent political times, we didn't even crack 70% turnout.

And yes the Electoral College puts us more closely in the position of other totalitarian regimes, but, and this is important, it still facilitates the democratic process, e.g. an electoral representative has not yet voted against the people he or she represents.

All said, it's time for the popular vote to control the elections.
 
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