2000 Census estimate - 8,008,278 people living in NYC.
2000 Census estimate of people under 18 - 24.4% of total population
24.4% X 8,008,278 = 1,954,020 under 18 (rounded up)
8,008,278 - 1,954,020 = 6,054,258 people who are eligible to vote in NYC
6,054,258 - 1,063,776 = 4,990,482 people who did not vote... IF THIS WERE THE YEAR 2000
But it 2009. So lets try this all again with a educated guess.
2008 Census estimate - 8,363,710 people living in NYC
Considering growth lets say 25% of the total population is under 18
25% X 8,363,710 = 2,090,928 people are under 18 (rounded up)
8,363,710 - 2,090,928 = 6,272,782 total people who did not vote.
So my original math (7.2 million if you didn't see it) is off by about 1 million. Remember that these are estimates from the US Census Bureau. Close to 6.3 million people is a very very large number.
An estimated 6,272,782 people did not vote in Tuesdays election. This means around 18% of the city showed up at the polls. 82% of a city of 8.3 million people did not vote.
For a title and position as powerful as mayor, of New York City no less, shouldn't more people have voted? Does this number shock anyone? How do we get people to the polls? How do we educated people on the importance of voting?UPDATE
An estimated 8.3 million people live in New York City. And 18% of them voted... more
Grant and Tiffany update you on the nation’s youth voter turnout and California’s budget cuts.Grant and Tiffany update you on the nation’s youth voter turnout and California’s... more
The long lines, and record turnouts this year signal the dawn of a new United States. I offer my commentary on an election day that is going to be one of the most exciting the world has seen in recent history!The long lines, and record turnouts this year signal the dawn of a new United States.... more
Nov. 4, 2008 | Barring some cataclysmic change in the race's final hours, Tuesday's outcome no longer seems in doubt. What still hangs in the balance is the size and scope of the victory. Do the Democrats bust through, with Obama winning by more than 5 or 6 points -- even double digits, 350 or more electoral votes, and a congressional majority enhanced by more than seven new Senate and 25 new House seats? Or does Obama, as often happened in the primaries, fail to close part of the sale and win by a less impressive margin, say 3 or 4 points, with a later than expected Election Night sweat and less modest increase in his party's congressional ranks?
Here are some things to watch for as the numbers start to come in on Tuesday night.
1) One voter turnout model defines the electorate largely by past voting history, another allows for more young and minority voters than in the past. The latter model clearly helps Obama. Even turnout figures for Eastern states, however, won't be complete till after midnight. The best piece of early evidence among the night's numbers as to which turnout model is more accurate may be Virginia. If Virginia is called for Obama immediately after the polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern, based on both exit polls and key precinct results, then a near double-digit national margin may be possible, fueled by African-American and younger/suburban votes. That would undoubtedly bode well for Obama's chances in North Carolina, Florida and the growing Western states such as Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.Nov. 4, 2008 | Barring some cataclysmic change in the race's final hours, Tuesday's... more
Nov. 4, 2008 | Barring some cataclysmic change in the race's final hours, Tuesday's outcome no longer seems in doubt. What still hangs in the balance is the size and scope of the victory. Do the Democrats bust through, with Obama winning by more than 5 or 6 points -- even double digits, 350 or more electoral votes, and a congressional majority enhanced by more than seven new Senate and 25 new House seats? Or does Obama, as often happened in the primaries, fail to close part of the sale and win by a less impressive margin, say 3 or 4 points, with a later than expected Election Night sweat and less modest increase in his party's congressional ranks?
Here are some things to watch for as the numbers start to come in on Tuesday night.
1) One voter turnout model defines the electorate largely by past voting history, another allows for more young and minority voters than in the past. The latter model clearly helps Obama. Even turnout figures for Eastern states, however, won't be complete till after midnight. The best piece of early evidence among the night's numbers as to which turnout model is more accurate may be Virginia. If Virginia is called for Obama immediately after the polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern, based on both exit polls and key precinct results, then a near double-digit national margin may be possible, fueled by African-American and younger/suburban votes. That would undoubtedly bode well for Obama's chances in North Carolina, Florida and the growing Western states such as Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.Nov. 4, 2008 | Barring some cataclysmic change in the race's final hours, Tuesday's... more
CODY - When Park County voters head to the polls today, the lines may be shorter than many expect. That's because more than one in four registered voters has already cast absentee ballots, either by mail or by voting in person.
Park County Clerk Kelly Jensen said that, as of Monday morning, 3,825 of the county's 14,800 registered voters, or 26 percent, had voted, and she expected that number to reach as high as 30 percent.
She said final voter turnout today may reach as high as 95 percent.
More than 23 percent of Wyoming's registered voters have cast absentee ballots in advance of today's election.
The Secretary of State's Office said Monday that election officials had received about 57,000 absentee ballots statewide.
Secretary of State Max Maxfield said the absentee voting rate indicates that turnout will be high on election day.
The absentee votes included more than 34,000 ballots from registered Republicans, more than 16,250 from registered Democrats and nearly 7,000 from unaffiliated voters.
Registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats in Wyoming by a margin of 2.3 to 1. As of Monday, about 23 percent of Republicans and 25 percent of Democrats had voted absentee.
About 17,700 of the absentee voters were ages 18 to 24.
Wyoming doesn't formally promote a specific early voting period like other states, but voters don't have to give a reason to request an absentee ballot by mail. And since Sept. 25, voters have also been able to fill out and submit absentee ballots in person at the Park County Courthouse.
Jensen said the pace of in-person absentee voting has picked up as election day has drawn closer. She said in-person absentee voting Monday was "insane," requiring extra voting booths to be set up in a hallway to handle the overflow.
"I believe there has been so much media attention focused on the concept of early voting, that it never dawned on many people here in the past. But now, there's suddenly this nationwide push," Jensen said.
"Absentee voting has traditionally been done by mail, but now with this national focus on early voting, word is making the rounds here and it's catching on," she said.
Jensen said the crush of early voters has threatened to overwhelm the county elections office, with a handful of clerks working to accommodate hundreds of voters from diverse precincts requiring dozens of different ballots.
"The irony is that it's been so popular to vote early that the lines here, even though they've been only a few minutes, are likely to be longer than on Election Day," she said.
"But there is incredible excitement about this election, and it's fun to be a part of it," Jensen said.
Former U.S. senator Alan K. Simpson spoke Monday on behalf of Republican congressional candidates John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis when the two made a last-minute campaign stop at Park County Republican headquarters in Cody.
He urged the crowd to "get out and vote," adding that, after nearly two years of campaigning, many contests would hinge on which candidate did a better job of getting voters to the polls.
"This campaign has been the most confusing and bizarre one in my lifetime," Simpson said of the presidential contest.
"But I don't think it's particularly nasty," he said. "Nasty is like when my father was campaigning in 1940 in Sweetwater County and they turned his car over - just flipped it right over."
The long presidential campaign has confounded pundits and often played against expectations, and it has "left America exhausted," Simpson said, noting the seemingly endless polls making headlines in the final days.CODY - When Park County voters head to the polls today, the lines may be shorter than... more
Do you have any idea why we vote on Tuesdays? Neither do any of the presidential candidates.Do you have any idea why we vote on Tuesdays? Neither do any of the presidential... more
Steven shows us why young people should stay home on November 4th. Hilarity ensues.
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After reading about the large turnout of young voters in the primaries and caucuses in the U.S. this spring, I find it very exciting that young U.S. voters abroad are similarly engaged. Let's keep this momentum going until November at home and abroad! After reading about the large turnout of young voters in the primaries and caucuses in... more
Oregon is the only state in the Union that votes entirely by mail, and as NPR’s Ina Jaffe reported last week, that’s not only changing the way campaigns conduct their get-out-the-vote efforts, it also removes the tradition of the secret ballot entirely from Oregon’s voting system. Yesterday I met with United States Postal Service Communications Program Specialist Larry H. Dozier to learn more about voting-by-mail.Oregon is the only state in the Union that votes entirely by mail, and as NPR’s Ina... more
Last week Jacob Soboroff visited with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FLA) in his Washington, D.C. office to discuss his plan to change the way and day we vote, and why he chose now to introduce his plan.
Adam E., a PA resident and University of Minnesota Political Science senior, discusses his hopes for this election cycle. Adam E., a PA resident and University of Minnesota Political Science senior, discusses... more
In both the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary, students turned out in record numbers to cast their vote. This year California has moved its primary to February 5th (Super Tuesday) and for the first time since 1972, the state has some real political muscle in the nomination process. We interviewed students at UCLA to see where they stand on the issues and candidates; the youth vote will be a huge factor in the '08 election. In both the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary, students turned out in record... more
In 1845, before Florida, California, and Texas were states or slavery had been abolished, Congress needed to pick a time for Americans to vote. We were an agrarian society. Farmers traveled by horse and buggy, and needed a day to get to the county seat, a day to vote, and a day to get back, without interfering with the three days of worship. So that left Tuesday and Wednesday, but Wednesday was market day. So, Tuesday it was. In 1875 Congress extended the Tuesday date for national House elections and in 1914 for federal Senate elections.
Today, we are an urban society, and we all know how hard it is to get through a busy schedule, let alone stand on lines to vote. Census data over the last decade clearly indicates that the inconvenience of voting is the primary reason Americans are not participating in our elections.
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Kris Kobach, a former counsel to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft who is currently the chairman of the Kansas GOP, sent out an email on Thur entitled ?Kansas Republican Party Year in Review? in which he brags of voter caging.Kris Kobach, a former counsel to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft who is currently... more
On November 7th as well as in the activities preceding the election...the turnout from the city was less than expected. It is sad that America has so little involvement with its political system.On November 7th as well as in the activities preceding the election...the turnout from... more
