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liberal N proud

(60,334 posts) Sun Oct 25, 2020, 10:00 PM Oct 2020

82% is the highest percentage of voter turnout [View all]

That happened in 1876 when Rutherford B Hayes was elected.

With numbers like that, it is easy to get the crap we have elected.

I have always said if we could get every Voter to vote, the Republican Party would be gone.

Hope 2020 beats that record but not the aftermath. The election was not decided until March the following year.

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82% is the highest percentage of voter turnout [View all] liberal N proud Oct 2020 OP

Agreed. I don't think have gotten much over 60% in a long time captain queeg Oct 2020 #1

When we vote, we win. Iggo Oct 2020 #2

CBS Sunday Morning did a segment on that election, scary. dem4decades Oct 2020 #3

Here is that segment csziggy Oct 2020 #4

In 1876, those were all white land-owners relayerbob Oct 2020 #5

Individual states can have much higher turnout. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #6