Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Shades of '68

Not since Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace ran at the height of the Vietnam War and Civil Rights movement has there been as big a turn out at the polls. The Associated Press counts about 120 million people voting in Tuesday's election. That's 60% of eligible voters. That big a percentage hasn't turned out since 1968. Maybe that explains the flatlined turn out on younger voters -- 18 year olds didn't get the vote until 1972. (CNN)

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