Nick Arnett wrote:
Tucson, NM. He told me that as of 5 p.m., they had an unheard-of 86 percent voter turnout -- and he was still looking at a long line.
Just looked up the numbers... NM's turnout in 2000 was 47 percent.
Wow. But I think this probably is apples and oranges -- 47 percent of voting age population v. 86 percent of registered voters. Maybe not... I'm not going to bug him to find out. In any case, it's a huge number, especially at 5 p.m.
OTOH, at my sister's polling place on Pittsburgh's North Side, there was virtually no line. And they can see the Heinz plant from their front windows!
Nick
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