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« on: January 28, 2008, 02:07:06 PM » |
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I just got an e-mail from the Obama campaign today in which he put forth the following as proof that his "new coaltion of voters" was working:
* 55% of the total vote, more than twice as many votes as any other candidate
* 57% of voters who had never voted in a primary
* 66% of voters who had never voted before at all
* Every type of community -- urban, suburban, and rural
* 58% of voters between ages 18 and 64
* 67% of voters between ages 18 and 29
I thought the stats about people who never voted before were very interesting but I suspect they mostly speak to his popularity among young people who may not have been eligible to vote in previous elections.
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