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\cf3 \ul \ulc3 The New York Times}}\ \
\b \cf2 BY NATHAN GIANNINI\'a0 \b0 \
\b ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN \b0 \
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\f1 \cf2 \uc0\u8232 \f0 After a record turnout in 2008, voters
weren\'92t quite as quick to flock to the polls in this year\'92s election.
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0\b 131 million
\b0 \'a0voters turned out to elect Barack Obama in 2008. With 97 percent of precincts
reporting, the Associated Press puts this year\'92s turnout at just\'a0
\b 119 million. \f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0 Curtis Gans, the director of American University's Center for the Study of the American
Electorate, predicted the final number will be even lower than in 2004.\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Southern-California-Voter-Turnout-Election-2012-177658561.html"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 KNBC quotes him as saying}}:\'a0
\b \'93This is one of those rare elections in which turnout in every state in the nation
went down...\'94 \f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0 So what was behind the change?\'a0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981744510"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 Gather notes...}} \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0\b \'93The disparity is partly due to the inflated numbers who came out to vote in the
euphoria of Obama\'92s Hope and Change campaign [in 2008]. And of course Hurricane Sandy made
it more difficult for voters on the East Coast...\'94 \b0 \
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