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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (165471)	7/28/2001 1:11:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769668

I have said that the hard core partisans represented, collectively, about 2/3rds of the electorate, but that is fairly normal. The swing vote is the issue. Look at how easily Bush was backed by swing voters, many of whom had voted for Gore, after the he became president......

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (165471)	7/28/2001 2:13:40 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769668

>>>>>It should be clear to everyone that the strong voter turnout on Nov. 8 This negative trend of voter participation rates occurred despite massive voter registration programs, which increased registration rates from 59% to 74%.Registration drives have been ineffective in increasing vote participation rates above 1960 - - in fact, the percentage of registered voters actually voting declined in this period a whopping 30 points. mwhodges.home.att.net If you are interested in the trends of voting mwhodges.home.att.net tom watson tosiwmee