Us Election Voter Turnout Rates

The 2016 election also saw. The voting eligible population vep represents an estimate of persons eligible to vote regardless of voter registration status in an election and is constructed by modifying the voting age population vap by components reported in the. The site s data on turnout as percentage of eligible voters vep is slightly higher and similar to bpc.

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Current estimates suggest that 160 million people exercised their right to vote with a turnout of 66 9.

Us election voter turnout rates. As a result voter turnout hasn t reached the heights of the 19th century since 1900 when the presidential election saw a 73 turnout. Saw the highest rate of eligible voter turnout in a presidential election in the past 50 years. How does us voter turnout compare to other countries.

The 2020 presidential election recorded the highest voter turnout for 120 years. The last time voter turnout was close to this year s percentage was in 1908 when 65 7 percent of eligible voters voted in the presidential election. The turnout rate started to rise in 2004 and in 2008 the u s.

Maine and colorado were also at the top of the list for highest voter turnout with 70 70 and 70 voting in the presidential election respectively. Pew research center conducted an analysis of turnout rates in the most recent national elections of 35 countries who are part of the. Mcdonald s voter turnout data for 2016 is 60 1 and 50 for 2018.

The preferred turnout rates are those calculated with the voting eligible population as the denominator. Most modern presidential elections in the united states have a voter turnout rate of between 50 and 60 percent. 2000 55 3 2004 60 7 2008 62 2 2012 58 6.

The united states elections project by michael mcdonald calculates vep including citizenship and adjustments for felons. In the 2016 election the rate was 60 1. When it comes to the lowest voter turnout hawaii ranked last with a turnout of just 42 3.