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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by nxzero on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @07:24AM (#11992816)
>> "In mid 2013 there were about 5.8m people between 18 and 24."

Which is what percentage of the voting population?

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by DanBC on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @08:33AM (#11993189)
Mid 2013 there were 51.8m people aged between 18 and 89.

If we assume all of them can vote 5.8m is 11% of 51.8m.

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Re:NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden docum... by tehwalrus on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @08:30AM (#11993173)
Total votes on either side were roughly 16 vs 17.5 million.
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