Sinatra Sang Bacharach—But Only Twice
By WILL FRIEDWALD
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Only 10% of eligible voters turned up at the polls for last week’s primary elections. The turnout was even thinner than the 15.5% that showed up for the Democratic primary in 1998, though the fledgling Independence Party marked a record high 8% turnout. Federal Election Commission numbers from the last two decades of presidential elections paint a picture of what factors raise or lower the percentage of Americans who feel it is worth their time to make their way to the local polling station. In 1980, President Reagan was brought into office with 52.6% of the voting age population casting ballots. This was at a time when the American people were worn out by the economic and foreign policy disaster known as the Carter Era.
By WILL FRIEDWALD
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By MARIO NAVES
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By A.R. HOFFMAN
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By GEORGE WILLIS
|Only 10% of eligible voters turned up at the polls for last week’s primary elections. The turnout was even thinner than the 15.5% that showed up for the Democratic primary in 1998, though the fledgling Independence Party marked a record high 8% turnout. Federal Election Commission numbers from the last two decades of presidential elections paint a picture of what factors raise or lower the percentage of Americans who feel it is worth their time to make their way to the local polling station. In 1980, President Reagan was brought into office with 52.6% of the voting age population casting ballots. This was at a time when the American people were worn out by the economic and foreign policy disaster known as the Carter Era.
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