• _{36.3 million -- The number of people 65 and over in the United States on July 1, 2004. our age group accounts for 12 percent of the total population. Between 2003 and 2004, 351,000 people moved into this age group}

  • _{voting -- 65 percent -- Percentage of registered voters ages 65 to 74 who voted in the 2002 Congressional election. Seventy-two percent of people ages 65 to 74 voted in the 2000 presidential election. This age group had the highest rate of voter participation in both the 2000 and 2002 elections.}

  • _{17 percent -- Percentage of Florida's population that was 65 and over on July 1, 2004. Florida led all states in this category. West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Iowa followed closely, at 15 percent each.}

  • _{Not only do we need to support the passing of HR 1322 but we need to let those who represent us know how we feel by our vote in 2008!}

 
A group of telephone employees test a long-distance circuit at an experimental switchboard, ca 1894

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