VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote

Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by cdubzzz on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:48PM (#12455297)

A "No Vote" could basically just be what remains after considering voter turnout[1]. But historically I don't think anyone looks at it that way.

For example, in the 2012 presidential election, Obama received 65,915,796 votes (51.1%), Romney received 60,933,500 votes (47.2%) and voter turn out was 54.9%[2].

Adjusted for "No Votes", the percentages are:

Obama: 28.5%

Romney: 26.4%

"No Vote": 45.1%

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_St...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by tunesmith on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:43PM (#12455961)

This country doesn't even have the capacity to support 100% voter turnout. It's physically impossible in a great many precincts due to the constraints the various legislations have put in place, whether it's voter id laws, number of available machines, etc.

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