In case you needed anymore motivation about why this election is critical, I got this email from a friend in Nevada last night:
We all know that 2000 demonstrated that every vote really does count (or at least they should!). If you needed another reminder, I want to share some Nevada data from this evening….
Nevada began early voting on October 16th. Since that date 267,943 people have early voted, which is more than double those who early voted in 2000. In 2000, a total of 608,970 people cast ballots — thus today we stand at 44% of the 2000 total voter turnout with early vote alone.
With 267,943 people having cast ballots at early vote locations, the county recorders report how many among those who have voted are registered Republicans and Democrats.
The spread separating the number of votes cast by Republicans and Democrats?
15 votes.
15 fewer Democrats have have cast their ballots out of the 267,943 votes cast. 15 votes is 0.006% of the total votes cast.
If you ever needed a reason to re-evaluate what you are doing over the next 5 days, let this be it. This election will be decided by bodies on the street, by knocking on the doors of people who otherwise won’t vote. As a walker, you could easily make contact with 15 people on one route.
Go to the nearest swing state this weekend and for Election Day. You will be making a difference…
So, 15 votes. What are you going to do to get 15 votes?
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Get out there and make a difference. We won’t have another chance.
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