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November 02, 2004
Massachusetts | Voter Turnout

The Boston Globe suggests that voter turn-out could top the 2.8 million who voted in 1992. They really don’t give any evidence to back up this claim and my guess is that actual turn-out will fall well short of the record. A good 68% of the 4.1 million registered voters would have to vote in order to break the record and there are no real close races to drive turnout.

1992 saw a voter turnout of 56% but there was also the three way Presidential race of Bill Clinton, George H. Bush and Ross Perot to motivate people to vote. A 56% turnout today would yield 2.3 million votes in the Bay State.



Posted by Chris at November 2, 2004 04:16 PM | TrackBack
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