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BluegrassStateBlues

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Sun Oct 27, 2013, 05:49 PM Oct 2013

President Clinton: Political division a result of not voting in non-presidential years

DALE CITY, Va. — Bill Clinton warned Sunday that Democrats cannot take Terry McAuliffe’s lead in the polls for granted.

Kicking off a three-day tour of Virginia at a VFW Hall in this outer D.C. suburb, the former president explained that Republicans turn out at higher rates in off-year elections.

“Will you care as much as they do and show up and vote?” said Clinton. “A big reason for the incredible political division in this country is that in the non-presidential years, a whole different America shows up than in the presidential years.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/clinton-warns-virginia-dems-of-complacency-98895.html#ixzz2ixeueW5r

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President Clinton: Political division a result of not voting in non-presidential years (Original Post) BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 OP
he makes a problem so easy to understand. BootinUp Oct 2013 #1
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