Sunday, December 07, 2008

Parity

A metric for civil society, from edelfenbein at CrossingWallStreet:
Total Democratic Presidential Votes Since 1932: 745,407,082

Total Republican Presidential Votes Since 1932: 745,297,123

Total Third-Party Presidential Votes Since 1932: 66,061,486

How's that for parity? That's a difference of 109,959 votes out of over 1.5 billion cast.
Extending the analysis back to 1920 gives Republicans a 21 million vote edge. Still, support for my view that "A stable democracy demands the willingness to lose."

(via The Corner)

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