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U.S. presidential election popular vote totals as a percentage of the total U.S. population. Note the surge in 1828 (extension of suffrage to non-property-owning white men), the drop from 1890 to 1910 (when Southern states disenfranchised most African Americans and many poor whites), and another surge in 1920 (extension of suffrage to women).
The vote total will likely be more than 150 million votes. Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that nearly 10 million voters did not vote in the 2024 election and that they all voted for ...
For many years, voter turnout was reported as a percentage; the numerator being the total votes cast, or the votes cast for the highest office, and the denominator being the Voting Age Population (VAP), the Census Bureau's estimate of the number of persons 18 years old and older resident in the United States.
From 1980 until the present, women have voted in elections in at least the same percentage as have men, and often more. This difference in voting turnout and preferences between men and women is known as the voting gender gap. The voting gender gap has impacted political elections and, consequently, the way candidates campaign for office.
Here's a list of our fact-checks on voting, counting, more. False claims about the election process are spreading online in wake of the 2020 election. Here's a list of our fact-checks on voting ...
Fifteen states had extended equal voting rights to women and, by this time, the President fully supported the federal amendment. [49] [50] A proposal brought before the House in January 1918 passed by only one vote. The vote was then carried into the Senate where Wilson made an appeal on the Senate floor, an unprecedented action at the time. [51]
A video shared on Instagram claims Turnout the Vote is purportedly offering people $200 to vote for 2024 Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Verdict: Misleading The organization ...
Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote, and would allow some 17-year-olds to vote in primaries, provided they turn 18 by the next general election. [22] Nov 5 >50% 1,150,332 77.13%: 341,034 22.87% Kentucky: Legislature: Passed Amendment 1 Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote ...