"Voting patterns in America are keenly analysed statistics by party officials. In 1996 the turn out at the general election was 49% which was the lowest turn out since 1924. This was despite a record of 13 million new voters registering to vote in 1992. (Total voters 1996: 196,511,000)"
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http://www.historylearni...patterns_in_america.htm
Voter turn out in the US for the last 6 elections.
1998 = 36.4% George H. W. Bush won
2000 = 51.3% Bill Clinton won
2002 = 37.0% Bill Clinton won
2004 = 55.3% George W. Bush won
2006 = 37.1% George W. Bush won
2008 = 56.8% Barack Obama won
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html
My point: The outcome of an election
may or may not depend on the voter turn-out.
Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you will most certainly wind up adding to them.