Gothamist: Biggest Voter Turnout Since JFK

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:40:15 -0500

but seriously folks, who's really surprised SI voted in favor of McCain? Exactly. Isn't is widely understood that areas with high property ownership by people that actually work have the most to lose by voting for the Democratic party? It should be. The expression "A Republican is a Democrat who's been mugged" didn't come from nowhere. Just not everyone knows who the mugger is.

Amanda Harlech

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:34:33 -0500

Staten Island: irrelevant by choice portion of NYC

NannyState

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:13:20 -0500

Staten Island is like the Texas of NYC. Everyone there should act the part by weighing 350 lbs and shopping at Walmart -they already vote republican.

MacMuttonchops

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:02:22 -0500

To TSOL and others that apparently failed high school algebra: 64.8% of eligible voters, people 18 and older that have registered, voted. So that means we have about 208 million registered, eligible voters. Only 64.8% voted, or 135 million. Yes, there are 300 million people in this country (all of whom are eligible to register to vote), but everyone realizes that not everyone is over 18, nor is everyone registered to vote. Hence the gap of about 92 million people.

HUGO_MEGO

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:25:28 -0500

#17 BREAKNIGHT, spoken like a true neo-lib elitist.

JacqueMehoff

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:03:33 -0500

I spoke too soon, here's the most recent results for google maps. nassau and suffolk went blue. http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/2008election/

Wza

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:53:21 -0500

haha so true! ^ but seriously folks, who's really surprised SI voted in favor of McCain?

JacqueMehoff

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:21:42 -0500

AKA Bensonhurst transplants.

breaknight

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:35:58 -0500

Staten Island embarrassed itself with this vote. Are you f'ing kidding me??? Staten Island is the Appalachia of NYC, except trade dumb, backwards ignorant banjo playing WASPs for dumb, backwards, ignorant, orange tanned, Meat-Packing District invading, Italian sons of bitches.

graybanks

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:54:18 -0500

Sigh; Staten Island, you let me down once again...

TSOL

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:43:24 -0500

"as many as 135 million people would cast votes - 64.8 percent of those eligible to vote, compared with 67 percent in 1960." How many who were uneligible voted?

Steven

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:01:53 -0500

Is there a breakdown map by towns/cities in New York? I saw one for Connecticut on CNN, but I'm unable to find one for NY.

pissyrabbit

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:36:02 -0500

@JenChung absolutely. I was wondering how the generally pretty conservative Chasid vote would change some of the numbers

Jen Chung

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:26:25 -0500

@pissyrabbit--I think some parts of Brooklyn are also more conservative--like the part that helped elect Vito Fossella.

JacqueMehoff

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:26:20 -0500

the google election map had the breakdowns, I can't find it today but it was interesting to see. Most of NYS went for mccain. I found it funny Ulster cty went to Obama. Look at that Manhattan breakdown. lots of closet commies living there.

Ared

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:24:26 -0500

Fewer people voted yesterday than in 2004. How can that mean they hit a larger percentage of registered voters? I would assume the opposite is true, given the high number of new registrations.

pissyrabbit

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:19:38 -0500

Thank you. I was just wondering what the breakdowns were by borough and there it was! Bronx beat Brooklyn but that's only because of those closet Park Slope republicans.

Steven

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:19:08 -0500

Staten Island Voted for Bush twice and I believe they voted for Dole in 1996 and Bush in 1992. Putnam County also went red this election. Too bad. Otherwise all of downstate NY went blue. It'd be even better when Americas know politicians work for us again instead of being in bed with all the lobbyists.

HUGO_MEGO

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:16:31 -0500

Cult of Obama is on the rise. Cult of Obama members were caught up in the rapture last night and they will show America that the neo-libs are the POWER. GO OBAMA GO! GO OBAMA GO! CULT OF OBAMA CAN NOT BE DEFEATED!

babyhitler

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:12:38 -0500

isn't this polling data kinda sad? seeing as there are millions more people in america today. In 1960 there were only 180 million people in america. now we have 300 million and only 135 million voted. How many illegal aliens do we have?

Mr Mel

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:59:20 -0500

The crowds at the first Clinton election (1992) seemed to be longer. I can't imagine that the poll watchers and workers became better at it.

felixthecat

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:56:37 -0500

wth, he can overturn our votes to extend term limits but Bloomberg can't cut in line. wth???

zodak

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:54:30 -0500

When NY Governor David Paterson voted in Harlem, he said, "I haven’t seen lines like these even when the machines were broken." he hasn't seen lines like that even the machines weren't broken! (because he's blind)

markedman

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:54:05 -0500

seriously, staten island is worthless? what is the opposite of annexing? can we force new jersey to take them? destroy the verrazano and end ferry service? napalm?

supernova

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:52:19 -0500

Staten Island voted for McCain.... nah, they are barely part of the city as it is. This just makes it official.