Comments on: Well, that didn’t take as long as I expected http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/11/04/well-that-didnt-take-as-long-as-i-expected/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: hardyandtiny http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/11/04/well-that-didnt-take-as-long-as-i-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-7954 hardyandtiny Thu, 04 Nov 2004 18:37:19 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1219#comment-7954 I should have sold my STEM stock last week. Damn polls! I should have sold my STEM stock last week. Damn polls!

]]> By: The Marmot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/11/04/well-that-didnt-take-as-long-as-i-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-7953 The Marmot Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:27:01 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1219#comment-7953 makhno -- some political theorists actually believe that low voter turnout can be a good thing in that it suggest a stable system in which there's a fair degree of public unity, i.e., everything's running smoothly. High voter turnouts are associated with public division and political crisis, as was probably the case here, as it was in the previous high in 1968. makhno — some political theorists actually believe that low voter turnout can be a good thing in that it suggest a stable system in which there’s a fair degree of public unity, i.e., everything’s running smoothly. High voter turnouts are associated with public division and political crisis, as was probably the case here, as it was in the previous high in 1968.

]]> By: makhno http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/11/04/well-that-didnt-take-as-long-as-i-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-7952 makhno Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:43:12 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1219#comment-7952 "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -H.L. Mencken- Conceding was certainly the right thing to do. Would Bush have done the same, had the situation been reversed? It still amazes me; for an election which was hailed as being so important, it was still, statistically, a pretty low turnout. Record breaking numbers perhaps, but a pretty low turnout percentage-wise. I suppose it's no different than any modern democracy, but it still surprises me a little. <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764586.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764586.html</a> has lots of stats of US voter turnout. (80% a few times in the 1800s, but never more than 66% in the 20th century) “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
-H.L. Mencken-

Conceding was certainly the right thing to do. Would Bush have done the same, had the situation been reversed?

It still amazes me; for an election which was hailed as being so important, it was still, statistically, a pretty low turnout. Record breaking numbers perhaps, but a pretty low turnout percentage-wise. I suppose it’s no different than any modern democracy, but it still surprises me a little.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764586.html has lots of stats of US voter turnout. (80% a few times in the 1800s, but never more than 66% in the 20th century)

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