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Paul Begala: “I think turnout will break 60 percent for the first time since the 1960s. It will be a record turnout. The biggest one…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2004
I think turnout will break 60 percent for the first time since the 1960s. It will be a record turnout. The biggest one cycle increase in turnout that we've ever seen, at least in the last 50 years. And I think that benefits Kerry. I think he wins by five points, 52-47, and only one percent going to the man you just interviewed, Ralph Nader.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala discusses expected voter turnout and predicts John Kerry's victory.

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