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Remember that voting is not mandatory in the US and in fact voter turnouts are relatively small compared to the rest of the world, at less then 50% (IIRC). Their objective was not trying to flip democratic or undecided voters - it was trying to remind known republican voters to get out of their house to actually vote.



Your point stands but it's a little higher than that in recent elections; low 50s to low 60s depending on the election.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/turnout.php (historical figures)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2012/11/2012_elect... (A guess at 2012 data)




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