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Turnout Looks to Hit Century High

130M headed to polls as trends favored Obama

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2008 7:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Though the official percentage isn’t in, yesterday saw what could have been the highest voter turnout in a century, the Wall Street Journal reports. One expert foresaw 64% of Americans casting ballots, the AP notes, as some 30 million voted early, with 100 million... Read full story »

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