Nation: Vox Populi

They have such refined and delicate

palates

That they can discover no one

worthy of their ballots,

And when someone terrible gets

elected

They say, "There, that's just what 1 expected!"

—Ogden Nash

The Census Bureau last week estimated that out of the 121.5 million Americans old enough to vote this year, 47.5 million will not.

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