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Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 10:48 PM
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Does anyone know where to find data on Primary turnout to date?
I need it for a report I'm writing.
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patriotvoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 11:03 PM
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1. I have been lazy in my evalutions...
... however:

http://www.ideacode.com/~bishop/home/2004/electionforecasting.xls

It includes, among other data, links to 2004 sources.
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Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-04 11:52 PM
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2. Are you keeping track of the latest primary results?
Edited on Thu Mar-25-04 11:53 PM by repeater138
You're missing Illinois and others for 2004.

What do you think of this report:

"Democratic turnout seen so-so, despite party assertions
Nonpartisan study indicates intensity level was less than described
By Anne E. Kornblut, Globe Staff, 3/10/2004

WASHINGTON -- Turnout in the Democratic primaries, heralded by party leaders as a strong showing of unity and outrage against President Bush, was actually in line with past primaries, lower than many recent Republican contests, and included some record lows in later states, according to a full accounting released yesterday."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/03/10/democratic_turnout_seen_so_so_despite_party_assertions/



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King of New Orleans Donating Member (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-26-04 01:51 AM
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3. The 2nd paragraph
discussing Virginia contained several factual errors so I wouldn't rely on that article.

It very tricky to analyze turnout. Turnout can be affected by how contested a primary is, how early or late the primary is, whether there are other elections on the ballot and so forth.

Not surprisingly, the states that had the highest turnout were those that were most contested Iowa, NH, Wis. Illinois had a good turnout even though the race for the Presidential nomination was over because of Barack Obama's campaign for the Senate.
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