Tag Archives: 2008 election

2008 Voter Turnout

Posted on January 8, 2009

Q: Is it true that 36 percent to 37 percent of eligible voters failed to vote in the recent presidential election? A:Actually, the number is slightly higher than that: 38.4 percent of eligible voters didn’t cast a ballot for president in 2008. Even more — 39.9 percent — didn’t vote …
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Unreported Stats

Posted on January 5, 2009

Q: What’s the deal with Prof. Joseph Olson’s "unreported stats" from the 2008 election? A: This chain e-mail is a hoax. The "statistics" are grossly incorrect, and Prof. Olson says he didn’t write it.

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$700 Billion Blame Game

Posted on October 21, 2008

Summary We find House and Senate campaigns are taking liberties with the facts as they seek to assign blame for the nation’s financial mess. A Democratic ad in Kentucky accuses Republican Senate Leader McConnell of conduct bordering on the criminal, but falsely accuses him of taking $4.4 million from "big …
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Clinton and the Popular Vote

Posted on June 5, 2008

Q: Did Clinton win the popular vote? A: Obama won more votes unless you count Michigan, where he wasn’t on the ballot.

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