NY-11 Special Election Thread

[Maxwell]

New York Democrats had a truly tragic year for recruiting. It's amazing how bullheaded Grimm is, and still managed to beat out that moron who ran against him.

[Maxwell]

I actually thought Gentile performed not that bad. Not good enough to merti nominating him again. But he did not completely stink.

[Maxwell]

The fact that the North Shore only had 9,000 people vote is a sign Democrats utterly failed.

[Maxwell]

To demostrate how low the turnout was

- In New York in 1828, when

- Only people over 21 could vote, eliminating 50% of the population (yes, the population pyramid was bottom heavy, since people had many kids).

- Only men could vote, knocking out another half.

19 percent of the total population voted, when only 25% could vote, a turnout rate of 80%

Today, 6 percent of the population voted, when 78% could vote, a turnout rate of 7.6%

Just weird.

It's not apples to apples, but yes that is quite a drop.