Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of
eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.
Not exact matches
That order followed a similar, non-binding independence vote that took place that year, in which more than 80 % of
voters chose independence — although only 2.3 million out of the region's 6.3 million
eligible voters took part, AFP noted.
We can
choose now to retreat once again into those echo chambers or begin to listen more attentively to one another — to love our neighbors by learning about them and their needs and perspectives whether black, white, Asian, or Latino / a; whether Christian, Muslim, or none; whether upper, middle, or working class; whether
voter or one of the nearly half of
eligible voters that sat out this election.
Section 7 of Article 2 of the Washington State Constitution states, «No person shall be
eligible to the legislature who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a qualified
voter in the district for which he is
chosen.»
He, therefore, urged
eligible voters in the state to come out en mass to
choose a candidate of their choice without fear of any kind.