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The highest voter turnout was in Minnesota, where 79.96% of the VEP voted in the presidential election. Colorado follows with 76.41% and is closely followed by Maine, where 76.32% of the VEP voted. When it comes to the lowest voter turnout, Oklahoma ranked last with a turnout of just 54.99%%.
Jul 12, 2023 · The elections of 2018, 2020 and 2022 were three of the highest-turnout U.S. elections of their respective types in decades. About two-thirds (66%) of the voting-eligible population turned out for the 2020 presidential election – the highest rate for any national election since 1900.
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May 3, 2023 · By Joe Murphy. The midterm election turnout surge that began in 2018 kept going in 2022, and new data shows that it was concentrated in states Democrats won in 2020. More than half of eligible...
Nov 9, 2022 · 2022 votes cast as a share of the voting eligible population 30 % 35 40 45 50 55 % or more Ala. Alaska Ariz. Ark. Calif. Colo. Fla. Ga. Hawaii Idaho Ill. Ind. Iowa Kan. Ky. La. Maine Mich....
- Overall Turnout in 2022 Out Was High, But with Unexpected Shifts
- Long-Term Demographic Trends Drove Turnout Changes in 2022
- Turnout Changes in 2022 Varied Across States
- Focusing on Turnout and Voter Shifts in Battleground States
- What These Turnout Patterns Mean For Future Elections
The national election rate (actual voters per 100 eligible voters) in 2022 was 52.2%—the second-highest that the Census Bureau has recorded for a midterm in four decades. The highest was in 2018, at 53.4%. (The 2020 presidential election, meanwhile, recorded a very high rate of 66.3%.) This, along with the fact that the 2022 midterms also saw the h...
The new Census Bureau statistics also permit an examination of the demographics of the voter population and shifts in that population over time (download Table B). The makeup of the voter population depends on both the underlying demographics of eligible voters (citizens age 18 and older) and the degree to which different demographic groups turn ou...
The national turnout rate decline between 2018 and 2022 does not apply to all states. Because 2022 was a midterm election, some state elections for senators, governors, House members, and other local positions as well as ballot initiatives may lead to sharp rises in voter interest and, therefore, turnout. Moreover, organizations such as the Brennan...
To get a better sense of how states varied in turnout for select Democratic- or Republican-leaning demographic groups, it is useful to focus on “battleground” states with visible statewide elections in 2022. The first focus will be on three northern battlegrounds: Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio (see Figure 5 and downloadable Table E). Democrats h...
This analysis of new Census Bureau voting data makes two insights clear. First, national voting turnout is on the rise—well above the low turnout levels of 2014 and earlier. And even if midterm voting turnout took a slight dip between 2018 and 2022, national voting levels and those of most demographic groups did not sink to levels seen in 2014 or e...
Nov 14, 2022 · According to preliminary data collected by the U.S. Election Project, three states reached 60 percent turnout in 2022: Minnesota (60.6), Maine (60.9) and Wisconsin (60.2). While none of the three are pure vote-by-mail states, each offers no-excuse absentee voting; both Minnesota and Wisconsin featured competitive races at the top of their ballots.
Jun 29, 2023 · WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released the 2022 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) report, the nation’s most comprehensive source of election administration data collected from 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.
