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Demovictory9

(32,320 posts)
Fri Nov 2, 2018, 05:00 PM Nov 2018

This election could surpass 1914 turnout rate

Although midterm elections have historically seen low voter turnout, early voting totals in 27 states have exceeded total early votes in the 2014 midterm election, which may suggest higher voter turnout overall in the 2018 midterm elections.

According to data from the University of Florida Elections Project, those states are Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. In Texas, the early voting total has surpassed the total 2014 vote, including early voting and election day.

University of Florida associate professor Michael McDonald, who oversees the Election Project, told "Red & Blue" on CBSN Thursday that the early vote totals could indicate 45 to 50 percent turnout by eligible voters on election day.

"In the last three decades, we've had about 40 percent of those eligible to vote participating in midterm elections. If we get in the upper end of that range, if we can beat the 1966 49 percent turnout rate, you'd have to go all the way back to 1914 to get a turnout rate above 50 percent," McDonald said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/early-voter-turnout-in-26-states-exceeds-the-2014-total-early-vote/

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This election could surpass 1914 turnout rate (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2018 OP
I think you mean 2014 in your headline NastyRiffraff Nov 2018 #1
no. 1914. Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #2
Right NastyRiffraff Nov 2018 #5
There's nothing like having one's own skin in the game to focus attention. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2018 #3
In 1914 US went to ... DIRECT ... elections of senators for the first time !!! (link) uponit7771 Nov 2018 #4

uponit7771

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4. In 1914 US went to ... DIRECT ... elections of senators for the first time !!! (link)
Fri Nov 2, 2018, 05:07 PM
Nov 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_1914

If we're close to 66 and 14 then there's no doubt a political shift.
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