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To: LD Jackson

So Joaklahoma no longer wishes to be a factor in any presidential election?

Bizzare!

Why should they bother to vote at all then?


144 posted on 02/16/2014 8:19:44 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Oklahoma, and 80% of states, are not factors in presidential elections under the current system.

A vote in Oklahoma or any of the non-competitive states is irrelevant in presidential elections.

In 2008, voter turnout in the then 15 battleground states averaged seven points higher than in the 35 non-battleground states.

In 2012, voter turnout was 11% higher in the 9 battleground states than in the remainder of the country.

If presidential campaigns now did not ignore more than 200,000,000 of 300,000,000 Americans, one would reasonably expect that voter turnout would rise in 80% of the country that is currently ignored by presidential campaigns.


150 posted on 02/17/2014 9:17:16 AM PST by mvymvy
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