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Election Day turnout lowest in over 50 years (DeBlasio in NYC last November)
NY Post ^ | November 6, 2013 | Andy Soltis

Posted on 02/13/2014 11:16:32 AM PST by neverdem

The voter turnout on Election Day was a measly 24 percent, the lowest in more than half a century.

With paper ballots still to be counted, the Board of Elections reported 1,026,169 ballots cast in a city with 4.3 million registered voters...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: deblasio
I heard this on TV recently. I wanted to confirm it.
1 posted on 02/13/2014 11:16:33 AM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

If true that is a frightening development.

As the turnout continues to drop, tightly organized groups of radical looneys will be able to elect people a whole lot worse than DeBlasio.

It’s why countries with small populations often make voting mandatory.


2 posted on 02/13/2014 11:25:32 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: neverdem

Dems don’t do voter fraud if their guy’s going to win anyhow... That’s probably why the count is low.


3 posted on 02/13/2014 11:40:14 AM PST by GOPJ ( America's drifting into totalitarianism because of left's exploitation of social failures.Greenfie)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“As the turnout continues to drop, tightly organized groups of radical looneys will be able to elect people a whole lot worse than DeBlasio. It’s why countries with small populations often make voting mandatory.”

I’d expect this will continue in “sanctuary cities” as the number of Americans in these places dwindles.


4 posted on 02/13/2014 11:40:48 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: neverdem

It didn’t help when every single survey showed De Blasio winning by 55% either. The outcome of that election had all the drama of a WWE match.


5 posted on 02/13/2014 1:16:51 PM PST by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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