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In 1998, 36.4 percent of voters went to the polls to cast their ballots. That's the lowest voter turnout since 1942! Two out of three Americans, 115 million eligible voters, simply stayed home and didn't vote at all. Many people explain their failure to vote by saying: "I'm just one person. My little ole vote doesn't make a difference. There's a lot of historical evidence to the contrary.
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In
1999, Leslie Byrne was elected to the Virginia Senate by 37 votes,
less than one vote per precinct.
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Donald
Sherwood was elected to the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
by a margin of 515 votes, less than one per precinct making this
election the closest House of Representative race in 1998
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Loretta
Sanchez was elected to Congress from California by less than 4 votes
per precinct in 1996
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John
F. Kennedy's margin of victory over Richard Nixon in 1960 was
less than one vote per precinct.
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One
vote per precinct passed woman suffrage in California in 1911.
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Los
Rio Community College Bond Measure failed to get the 662/3 vote
needed by 1.7% less than 1 vote per precinct
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