[Vision2020] 19 of 19 Precincts

[Donovan Arnold]

Numbers are a funny thing. Especially in Moscow. 
 
You have to realize, that 32% voter turnout includes the student population.. Only about 100-300 students participate in local elections even when candidates visit and campaign on campus. In addition, a large number of registered students that voted in the Presidential election, are not even living in Moscow anymore, so they cannot vote, but are still on the books for years. Or only registered just to vote in the 2008 Presidential election.  

If you look at the core of the Moscow population, about 11,000 people, count out children, those that just moved, non-US citizens, and others not allowed to voted, 4,000 is a lot of people voting in a small town off year election. 
 
Even if every year round, non-student, eligable voter in Moscow registered and voted, you would be hard pressed to even reach 50%. 
 
In reality, about 80% of regular year round residents of Moscow, vote about 80% of the time.  Which is pretty damn good in comparison to other cities around the country. 
 
Donovan Arnold
 

--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 19 of 19 Precincts
To: "Dan Carscallen" <areaman at moscow.com>
Cc: "<vision2020 at moscow.com>" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 3:47 PM




I have voted every year that I've been eligible (32 years in a row).




On Nov 4, 2009, at 3:43 PM, "Dan Carscallen" <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:






Yeah, I wasn’t bragging.  Still pathetic.
 
100% of the registered voters in my household voted.
 
DC
 
-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Garrett Clevenger
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:37 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] 19 of 19 Precincts
 


Dan writes:
"that would put it up to an "actual" turnout of about 50%."

 

It's ironic that the US spends trillions of dollars, tens of thousands of lives of our soldiers, toppled numerous governments and during all that has killed millions of people to promote democracy, yet Americans don't even take the time to excercise their democratic right.

 

I guess we're too busy working to pay for all that to engage in the democratic process here at home.  Something ain't right.

 

Oh wait, it's not democracy the US is promoting.  We're promoting the military indurtrial complex.  Blame that for the low turnout, I guess....
 
Garrett Clevenger

 

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