Keep an on eye on these players, and these numbers, in 2015: PEYTON MANNING, QB. 2,148: Passing yards needed to surpass Favreâs 71,838 and become the NFLâs career leader. Manning has 69,691 in his 17 NFL seasons.
Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama combined for an average 4.3 percentage point drop in voter participation from their first election to their second. Perhaps a turnout decline is to be expected for successfully reelected presidents.
Yes they count. Individual votes pick the electors who officially pick the President. If you don't vote, there aren't any electors. There are a few reasons why this was put into place, but the key point to understand is that our government is not a pure democracy; it is a republic.38 actual votes are cast for the president. This is the Electoral College, composed in part of party loyalists and important financial contributors. The Electoral College is not composed of you, so your vote will not go directly towards the election of the president.