Ye gods  ONLY ...80% voted!!!!!!!!!!  How long has it been in Virginia, or
any other state, since 80% of the (adult) population voted on anything....
even 80% of the registered voters would be an amazing statistic.

For those seven states, do you have a breakdown by state on the percents
voting and the percent of those voting for secession?

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Bennett" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:49 PM
Subject: The Vote to secede


> Dear Listers:
>
> Can someone explain the following passage to me? It indicates that a
> small majority won the election, but then it says that no state had a
> majority in the November election?
>
> "The vote of the seven southern states to secede was won by only a
> narrow margin. Only 60-80% of the population voted. And in no state did
> the Secessionists receive a vote large enough to have been a majority in
> the November election."
>
> Thanks for the explanation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Diana Kercheval Bennett
>
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