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Presidential Elections Turnout by State 1976–2020. Voter turnout in US elections is the total number of votes cast by the voting age population (VAP), or more recently, the voting eligible population (VEP), divided by the entire voting eligible population.
Adults between 18 and 24 have continuously posted the lowest voter turnout rate of all age groups over the past six decades, with turnout wavering between 30-50% in all presidential elections ...
Just under 160 million people voted in the 2020 elections, compared to a turnout of approximately 137 million in the 2016 presidential election. Michael McDonald projects that about 67% of the voting eligible population voted in 2020, the highest rate of voter participation since the 1952 election.
The election saw the highest voter turnout as a percentage of eligible voters since 1900, [307] with each of the two main tickets receiving more than 74 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama's record of 69.5 million votes from 2008. [308]
Minnesota had the highest voter turnout in 2020 at 80%. Minnesota had the highest turnout countrywide at 79.7% of the adult citizen population. Colorado placed second with 79.0%, Maine third with ...
(The Center Square) – In the Peach State, almost all demographics had an increase in turnout from the 2020 election. Only Black voters decreased in turnout, a possible contributing factor to ...
Young people have the lowest turnout, though as the individual ages, turnout increases to a peak at the age of 50 and then falls again. [5] Ever since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote in 1971 through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, [6] youth have been under represented at the polls as of 2003. [1]
More Americans cast ballots this year than they have in a century — and all the votes aren't even counted yet.So far, 63.9 percent of Americans eligible to vote cast a ballot in the 2020 ...