Voter turnout expected to be highest in decades

AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/1/08 | Seth Borenstein - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict. The only question dividing experts is how huge will it be. Will it be the largest since 1968, largest since 1960 or even, as one expert predicts, the largest in a century? Soaring early voting levels hint at a big turnout, but that could just be the same voters casting ballots earlier instead of more voters hitting the polls. Weather should generally be favorable, according to forecasts.

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Michael McDonald of George Mason University is so optimistic he's predicting the highest level in a century.

"We're going to definitely beat the turnout rate in 2004, the question is by how much," McDonald said. "We have a chance to beat the 1960 turnout rate."

[NormsRevenge]

Vote.

[ConservativeMind]

“Voter turnout to be the highest...”

And that’s just from the dead!

[Captain Kirk]

Vote? Why?

[BuckyKat]

I find it interesting, though, that early voting isn’t living up to the predictions.

[GoLightly]

My vote is in.

[RacerX1128]

Mine too.

[GoLightly]

Civic responsibility.

[mockingbyrd]

I have heard others say that this will work to McCain’s advantage. But I thought high turn out usually favored Dems, so which is it?

[pnut22]

I expect at least 110%.

[shadeaud]

Talk is cheap. I was at a party my daughter was holding for her roommates birthday and casually asked about the election. The vast majority of mush heads said they were hoping for an Obammmma victory, but less than a minute later admitted they had no intention of voting.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I hope after this is over the “media” does it job and breaks out the numbers of non-U.S. citizen voters, deceased voters, child voters, pet name voters and “mystery” voters. I won’t hold my breath though. This is going to be the largest voter fraud turnout in decades. We should celebrate that?

[wrhssaxensemble]

Wow... its incredible how many people will vote when they realize the chance that our country could otherwise be won by voter fraud in favor of a socialist with 0 experience

[narses]

Remind them to vote Wednesday. It is their duty.

[Allegra]

Voted absentee three weeks ago. I'm sure my ballot is where it belongs by now.

And it had better be counted.

[GoLightly]

The truth about the leftist mindset, wanting to do something is the same as actually doing it.

[Tenacious 1]

In NW indiana, the turnout is expected to dwarf the actual amount of 18+ year old citizens that reside in the area.

New voters this year, according to registrations include;

Jimmy John’s
Frank Furter
Joe Shmoe
John Doe
Janet Indeetroat
Semore Butts
Mickey Mouse
.......................

[cayuga]

Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict. The only question dividing experts is how huge will it be.

It will depend on the graveyard votes from Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia.....you get the picture.

I expect to see at least 110% of voting age citizens to turnout to vote in those cities.

We have become a Third World country.

[Allegra]

I have heard others say that this will work to McCain’s advantage. But I thought high turn out usually favored Dems, so which is it?

Turnout was pretty high in 1980.

People wanted Carter OUT.

Perhaps people will turn out this time to keep Marxism OUT.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Obama and the AP are counting on it!