CAIRO — As Egyptians went to the polls on Saturday morning to complete the first democratic presidential election in the nation’s history, none of the “unbridled jubilance” of past votes was evident in the streets. Instead, voters met the first hours of the runoff between former prime minister Ahmed Shafik and Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi with small lines and small apparent enthusiasm for either of the two men.The turnout for the first round of voting in May was just over 43 percent, a significant drop from the parliamentary elections of 2011. However across distinct neighborhoods in Cairo, voters said that Saturday’s initial crowds were much smaller than those at the end month.Encircling 40 men were lined up at 8 a.m. for the opening of a polling station in Shubra, a middle-class area of Cairo, however a truck driver named Ali predicted that “there will be less [attendance] since the human beings are divided.”Glance at More…
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