OT: Voting results in NH

[greg at freephile.com (Greg Rundlett)]

The US Census Bureau reports that there were 926,224 persons over the 
age of 18 in NH in the 2000 Census.
http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?geo_id=04000US33&_sse=on/

The Associated Press reports that about 200,000 people voted in the NH 
primary yesterday
eg. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040128_982.html.  They say 
it "easily eclips[ed] the record 170,000 turnout in 1992".  The AP does 
not mention anything about how poorly that turnout represents the 
population of NH.

We can simply deduce that 22% of persons over the age of 18 voted 
yesterday in NH.  If NH is the "Live Free or Die" state, I guess 78% 
would rather let Democracy die than cast a ballot for President of the 
United States "The Greatest Democracy in the World".  John Kerry 
received 84,229 votes which made him the winner.  Put another way, by 
convincing fewer than 10% of eligible voters to vote for him, he 'wins' 
with a 38% share of the ballots cast.  Regardless of your like or 
dislike of the candidates, they ARE the candidates.  Democracy and your 
freedom are the casualty of a system that no longer can be called 
'representative government'. 

If you live in NH and didn't vote, you missed your chance to participate 
in Democracy.  Please urge everyone you know to vote.


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