Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the number of votes cast for the highest office on a given ballot,[1] usually expressed as a percentage of the total number of voters who were eligible to vote.
A list of the voter turnout in presidential elections shows that it peaked in the very close election of 1876, and was also quite high in 1840 and 1860.[2]
Voter turnout declined overall in 2022 from 2018, but ballot harvesting and other paid get-out-the-vote efforts by Dems among college-educated young voters remained high to the benefit of the Democrat Party.[3]
Voter turnout in 2020
As Dems perfect their get-out-the-vote efforts with lavish funding and ballot harvesting, the voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election was a 50-year high.[4]
Republican get-out-the-vote efforts were not nearly as strong as the Dems', and rural voter turnout was a below-average 65% that year.[5] Due to inadequate work by the Republican Party in rural areas, one pro-Trump county in Georgia had only 19% turnout in 2020 - the lowest in the Nation.
Wisconsin
Voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin was 83% in Milwaukee County, compared with only 73% statewide including all the rural counties.[6]
References
- ↑ US Government and Politics
- ↑ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/voter-turnout-in-presidential-elections
- ↑ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-voter-turnout-data-from-2022-shows-some-surprises-including-lower-turnout-for-youth-women-and-black-americans-in-some-states/
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-wisconsin-2020-voter-turnout-689651528261
- ↑ https://www.governing.com/community/lack-of-access-to-infrastructure-hurts-voter-participation-in-rural-america
- ↑ https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-voter-turnout-estimated-at-78-for-2020-election