Al-Sharqiyah Television in Baghdad reports that 14 million voted. That would mean turnout in the upper 90% range. Hard to believe, but clearly turnout was high. The station also reports that preliminary results for the governate (provincial) races may be available in the next day or so. I hope so. we psephologists really need a numbers fix.

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James S. Robbins is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.
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