What am I missing? If Iraq has 25 million people...and 8 million

[Gin]

voted....how is that 60% turnout?

Edumicate me please............

[Imalittleteapot]

1. 60% of registered voters - maybe?

[Gin]

2. that could be it...............wonder how many votes were cast outside

the country by ex-pats?

[Orangepeel]

21. that's how turnout is usually calculated

that's how it is calculated in the US

[Wickerman]

3. I think the 25 million refers to pop BEFORE the US occupation

:shrug:

[baldguy]

4. You for get - the Bustistas are counting the votes. And the voters.

If they can fix the US election in Ohio and twice in Florida - then fixing the Iraqi election is a piece of cake.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Not long ago

they were crying fraud. It's been past ten days to find the winner. So :wtf:

[neweurope]

5. Here are the numbers SPIEGEL yearbook lists for 2004:

(a very reliable source):

24,174 Million inhabitants

75-80 % Arabs
15-20 % Kurds
Minority of Turkmenes and Assyrians
60-65 % Shia
32-37 % Sunnis

40 % of the population are UNDER 15 YEARS old

If I've counted correctly that leaves 14,5 Millions of grown-ups. We don't know how many of those registered but we DO know that not nearly all of them did. Plus it was said numerous times that 60 percent of those REGISTERED voted.

Not for one moment do I believe that 8 millions of people voted. That number just cannot be right.

Don't believe a word they say, ever. They dont exactly have a record of being credible, don't they?

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Bostonian]

9. Is this just your feeling or do you have any evidence?

It's a bit much for you to be talking about credibility while you yourself simply want everyone to believe your unsupported statement.

"Not for one moment do I believe that 8 millions of people voted. That number just cannot be right."

[neweurope]

15. Oh - you think the Bushistas are credible? Interesting!

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[SidDithers]

19. Buh bye

Sid

[Yupster]

20. It would be sweet if

Bush fixed the election, and they fixed it so the wrong party won.

Allawi would call Bush and say - George - I am Allawi - you fixed votes for the wrong party you stupid piece of Camel cud.

[lonestarnot]

6. Maybe some of the 30,000 private contractors from U.S. snuck in a vote.

They have enough money to be counted.

[kcwayne]

7. 60% of those that made a loyalty pledge to Bush's puppet

showed up to vote. Only 30% of those voted for the puppet.

[LiberalEsto]

8. Some of those millions are children

but overall, you've made a good point.

This 60% is nothing but another spin from the Blight House

[ElsewheresDaughter]

11. 1/2 Iraq population is under the age of 15 and remember that 2.5 M expates

voted in 15 countries...so of that 8 million really only 5.5 million iraqi's voted

[INDIA]

12. More dirty tricks from KKKarl? nt

[newyawker99]

22. Hi India3!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[leftofthedial]

13. the 60% number comes from the same people

who give us the US unemployment rate

and the budget numbers

and the occupation casualty figures

[applegrove]

14. Remember that over 1/2 the population is under the age of twenty. Oh

and on election day it was actually a 70% turnout and all the freepers were sent out to purse their lips and put Liberals down for 'hating America' (which is the same exact totalitarian tool as 'anti-soviet' à la Chomsky). So in the mids I freepers and red state people the number is actually 70%. Like many things this reality only exists in their own minds and that is why they were sent out to be so aggressive on that day - to sear the phony numbers good and strong into their minds. Reinforce the rare good news.

[Zynx]

16. Iraq has a *really* young population.

A good chunk of the country simply isn't old enough to vote.

[uppityperson]

17. 60% of the people who voted got their votes counted?

[Zynx]

18. Edit: never mind

[Hippo_Tron]

23. Diebold mathematics

Example 1) If Kerry recieved 57,000,000 votes and Bush recieved 55,000,000 votes then Bush won the election 70% to 30%.

[Goldmund]

24. That means they have 13.3 million eligible voters --

which sounds about right, since 40% of them are under age 15.