In Diverse Mosul, Slightly More Than 10% Voted, but That's More ...

[struggle4progress]

... Than Expected

By CHRISTINE HAUSER
Published: February 3, 2005

<snip> With 60 percent of the count completed by Wednesday, the city's overall turnout seems slightly more than 10 percent, somewhat more than 50,000 of Mosul's 500,000 estimated eligible voters. <snip>

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/international/middleeast/03mosul.html

[alcuno]

1. When you set the bar at 0%, anything over it is a "success."

That's the administration in a nut shell.

[Inland]

2. Bush's goal--more ballots cast than people killed.

And the secondary goal--call that democracy. Bah.

[daleo]

3. This is really a "new low".

10%, but that's more than expected. Put on a happy face.