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"REH" <spam...@stny.rr.com> wrote in message 
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> Andrew wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:46:40 GMT, "REH" <m...@you.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I remember reading an article on CNN's website.  I remember the season; 
>> >the
>> >don't want the show.  I think this was the very first one.    Anyway, 
>> >the
>> >article was about how 300 million people voted for "Idol."  As you 
>> >stated,
>> >only a little over 100 million voted for president.  I remember thinking 
>> >it
>> >was sad.
>>
>> Do you really think everybody in the US voted on Idol?
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>
> No, you are probably correct (seeing how I didn't vote on it!).  I went
> looking for the article.  All I could find was an article about how
> there was some problems with the phones and/or voting system.  About
> 100 million votes and about 115 million could not get through.  If
> those are the correct numbers, that is double and still sad.
>
> Either way, we have drifted way off the topic of this group and I
> *really* don't wish to get into a discussion about an inane TV show.
>
> Regards.
>

OK, this is OT, but the reason I replied is because your OP about vote 
totals is how urban legends get started.  You stated it like a fact and it 
was actually utter bulls__t.  The fact is about 18 million votes were 
tallied in season one, 24 million in season two, 65 million in season three, 
and an unknown number in season four.  Remember, anybody who could get 
through could vote as many times as they wanted.  Some people voted hundreds 
of times, so that certainly inflated the totals.  As far as 300 million 
people voting for Idol..well, the US population currently sits at about 298 
million.  How many even watch Idol?