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Friday, May 02, 2003
Something overdue but interesting This would have been more relevant in 2000 (or 2001, when the census results came out), and I've been thinking about it for a while, but for some reason I decided to do it today. And this is my response to people talking about the 2000 election and saying "the majority of people voted for Gore." Voted for Bush: 50,456,002 Voted for Gore: 50,999,897 Voted for Others: 3,949,201 Total who voted: 105,405,100* US population: 290,867,001** 19 and under: 78,537,000+ Total of voting age: 212,300,001 Percentage who voted: 49.65 So, as I suspected, the answer is...The majority of Americans didn't vote for anybody! Regardless of what you think of the 2000 election results, that's pretty dispiriting. References: *From Official 2000 Presidential Election Results **From Census Bureau. +Based on Census Bureau's 2000 estimated U.S. population by age (estimated from 1990 results). This is slightly skewed because it doesn't have 18 and under, just 19 and under. [ at 11:37 AM • by Abby • permalink • ] |
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