andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 12/10/2008
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Less than expected: About 130 million Americans voted, up from 122 million four years ago. Still, turnout fell short of the 140 million voters many experts had forecast. With a little more than 61 percent of eligible voters casting ballots, the 2008 results also didn’t match the record 63.8 ...
blog.washingtonpost.com - 12/15/2008
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blog.washingtonpost.com —
Q. The big three automakers in the U.S.
have asked for up to $34 billion in loans...
from the government. Some people say it's a bailout those companies don't deserve, and that they'd be better off reorganizing under bankruptcy laws. Other people say ...
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Behind the Numbers
propublica.org - 12/9/2008
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propublica.org —
The final report card for George W. Bush
won’t be in the mail for another few years....
(Nixon’s is still being revised -- and, for that matter, Lincoln’s .) But with just a few weeks to go before the 43rd president moves back to Texas, it’s not too ...
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Bush by the Numbers
pollster.com - 12/4/2008
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pollster.com —
I agree with Professor McDonald that the Republican
vote just didn't turnout. Despite the media's (and in...
particular, Zogby's?!) determination to make the race sound closer than it really was, the writing was pretty much on the wall towards the end. ...
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Turnout: Who Predicted 140 Million?
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FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... This conclusion, at least regionally, comes at a time when "the now-established consensus is that Obama did very well in getting out his vote; but his 7 point margin of victory was largely accomplished by former Republican voters staying home." ...
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