Posted by
Always To The Right on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:05:35 PM
MS-NBC’s First Read
provides the Chuckle of the Day. They claim that the nation had a
record-breaking turnout despite the returns showing a lower voter
turnout than 2004:
*** Highest turnout rate since ‘08 — 1908: Provided the
number stands, the turnout rate for yesterday’s election was the
highest in 100 years, according to the estimate from turnout guru Dr. Michael McDonald at George Mason University.
Almost 137 million (136,631,825) went to the polls — 64.1% of the
voting-eligible population. 1960 saw 63.7% of the populace go out to
vote; In 1908, 65.7% voted. It was, of course, the most people ever to
go to the polls topping 2004’s 122 million. That’s 12% increase from
2004. For those wondering why the current total vote in the
presidential adds up to approximately 117 million, note that it’s going
to climb. There is still a ton of vote missing on the West coast.
Apparently, no one at MS-NBC can do math. “A ton of vote missing on the West coast”? There would have to be 20 million votes missing
in order to get from 117 million to 137 million. California has
reported 95% of its precincts and counted almost 10 million votes. At
best, they’ll get another 500K or so.
I checked CNN latest figures total approx. 119,518,582 votes. [3PM 11-05]