Reply #68: Please, someone correct me [View All]

[mikelewis]

This is how I arrived at my data for these counties. Please take a moment and review my numbers and show me how to tabulate this information correctly. I used Delaware county in this example.



This is from the census
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/39041.html



People QuickFacts Delaware County
Population, 2003 estimate 132,797
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 20.7%
Population, 2000 109,989
Population, percent change,1990 to 2000 64.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 8.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000 50.5%



I took 132,797 people and subtract 28.2% to arrive at 95,348 since people under 18 can't vote.

I then went to this site
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/results/index.html

and they had listed 100,676 registered voters.

I divided the 100,676 by 95,348 and arrived at 105.6%.

This is impossible since you cannot have this many persons registered to vote in a county that does not have this many people who are eligible to register to vote. So I assume that the voter turnout numbers must be incorrect. Where am I going wrong? I swear, I am not trying to be dense or have to much pride to admit when I am wrong. Show me where I am wrong. Please.


Sincerely,
Michael Lewis