This is totally unrelated to the mission statement of this blog, but since I am a numbers person I am taking this opportunity to spout some numbers. That's fun for me.

Yesterday, Alabama had a primary election. I did some calculations and looked up some numbers, and I drew some conclusions from those numbers.

Number of people who voted yesterday state-wide: 924,124.

This number was calculated from the total votes for governor in both primaries with 99% of precincts reporting. I assume that most people who voted marked a vote for governor at the least. Just to cover that last 1% of precincts and a few curiosities who didn't vote for Guvnah, I'll round that number up to 925,000.

The 2000 census shows that in the year 2000, there were 2,528,963 registered voters and a voting population (adults 18 and up) of 3,333,000. That leaves a difference of 804,037 people who aren't even registered to vote!! My, my, my. I am disturbed that so many people are completely oblivious or apathetic.

These numbers are old, but since I don't have anything else to go by, I'm using them.

The voter turnout of those registered to vote is 36.5%. The voter turnout of those of voting age is 27.7%.

Thus, my vote basically was representative of three adult citizens in the state of Alabama, including myself. To the other two of you, thanks for allowing me the opportunity to speak for you. I voted against some of your favorite candidates. I also look forward to voting for you in the election in November.

p.s. Note on comments: I am disabling comments for old posts, will keep comments on the latest posts open.