--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ------------- > YEAR TURNOUT > ============= > 1924 48.9% > 1928 51.8% > 1932 52.6% > 1936 56.8% > 1940 58.8% > 1944 56.1% > 1948 51.1% > 1952 61.6% > 1956 59.4% > 1960 62.8% > 1964 61.9% > 1968 60.9% > 1972 55.2% (voting age lowered to 18 in 1971) > 1976 53.5% > 1980 52.6% > 1984 53.1% > 1988 50.1% > 1992 55.2% > 1996 49.0% > 2000 51.0% > ------------- > 2004 60%
> Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ Thank you, Erik. I was looking for this, but unable to find it at 1:00am last night. I appreciate your efforts. Scanning through the table I note that years of economic hardship (e.g., The Great Depression) see extraordinary turnout rates - 57-58% in some cases. Years when we were at war (1944, 1968, 1972) also see extremely high turnout. Years when things were going great (1924, 1948, 1988, 1996, 2000) see low turnout. I'm a little surprised by how low it was in 1932 - but it wouldn't shock me if that was a combination of measurement error and the fact that Hoover might as well have conceded before the election. With that exception (and it isn't much of an exception - turnout was still almost 53%) it couldn't match up more perfectly. Warren - the reason I tend to rely on my memory for postings on list is because I do this for a living. I get paid exceedingly tiny sums of money to think about politics, and that involves an awful lot of time spent burrowing through historical archives and back-issues of International Security. Doing the same for the list would be a lot like work. Erik is quite correct in saying that I rely on memory more than I should on list, but I like to think (and I'm glad he feels this way) that in 7 or so years on the list my memory (mainly because, again, this is what I spend pretty much all of my time on) tends to be okay on these topics. I don't ask Dan to cite the paper that describes the double-slit experiment every time he talks about it for the same reason. If (as both Dan and Erik have done on more than one occasion) you can come up with evidence that my memory is wrong, I'm happy to hear about it. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
