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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Turn a negative around [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)12. That's not a nice looking trajectory on any account.
Interesting spikes in 1992 and 2008.
But also a semi-spike in 2004, which returned George W. Bush, the laughingstock of the world, to office. Weird.
Canadian turnouts have also seen a precipitous drop in the 21th c.
Just for your curiousity (and the fact that Canada has a fed. election coming in Oct. '15 that might rid my country of the parasite politics of Stephen Harper) look at this:

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I'd bet you'd get more by trying to increase the interest in young voters, more growth potential.
Agschmid
May 2015
#3
Yes all voters are necessary... but just remember a lot of those baby boomer grandparents
Agschmid
May 2015
#5
Reversing that decline is the only way to rid our country of the parasitical corporate tools.
delrem
May 2015
#20
I don't think we need to even address their attempted smears. MAKE THEM TALK ABOUT
sabrina 1
May 2015
#53