Originally posted by Eagler
is this the same ppl who are too lazy to even get out and vote?
I'm not sure what you are talking about. Our voting statistics are much better then the US's.
Canadian federal elections.
Year Turnout (%)
1867 73
1872 70
1874 75
1878 71
1882 72
1887 70
1891 65
1896 61
1900 79
1904 84
1908 79
1911 72
1917 90
1921 71
1925 69
1926 70
1930 76
1935 75
1940 71
1945 76
1949 75
1953 68
1957 75
1958 81
1962 80
1963 80
1965 76
1968 76
1972 77
1974 71
1979 76
1980 69
1984 75
1988 76
1993 70
1997 67
2000 63
Latest US elections.
WASHINGTON, November 8 -- Fueled by grass-roots mobilization efforts in some hotly contested races, voter turnout increased modestly and likely temporarily in the 2002 mid-term election.
When final and official results are completed early next month, it is likely that an estimated 78.7 million citizens cast their ballots in the 2002 mid-term. Turnout, when the numbers finally are certified, will be 39.3 percent of eligible citizens, up modestly (1.7 percentage points) from the 37.6 percent who voted in 1998. About 121 million citizens did not cast ballots. Turnout went up in 31 states, but declined in 19 states and the District of Columbia, including some in some hotly contested statewide races. Only one state, Florida, had a record high turnout. Seven states set record lows.
U.S. Presidential Election 2000
More than 105 million Americans cast their vote for president on Nov. 7, 2000; the closest presidential race in the popular vote since 1976 and the closest presidential race in the electoral vote since 1876. The 2000 election's voter turnout represents 9.5 million more votes than in the 1996 elections, almost a 10% increase in the number of voters, but only a slight increase from 49.0% in 1996 to 51.0% in 2000.
U.S. Presidential Election 1996
On Nov. 5 1996, nearly 96 million Americans cast valid votes in the presidential election, which represents eight million fewer voters than in 1992 despite a sharp increase in registered voters. For the first time in more than 70 years, fewer than half the eligible electorate (as defined by the adult population) voted in a presidential election.
In the 1998 congressional elections, just 36.4% of the adult population voted, down from 38.8% in the previous off-year congressional elections in 1994.
