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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApproaching 100 million votes already.
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
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Approaching 100 million votes already. (Original Post)
triron
Nov 2020
OP
DumpTrump20202020
(109 posts)1. This can only be great news for Biden
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)2. And what, about 130 million total votes in 2016?
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)3. 137. nt
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)6. Thanks.
spanone
(135,831 posts)4. I predict a 2018 election.....win BIG.
Dr. Jack
(675 posts)5. We are expecting about 145-150 million
We are already at 2/3rd the vote in. Unless tomorrow has Republican turnout like we have never seen before, Trump is well and truly done.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)7. There are about 160 million registered voters in the US. 90% turnout would be 145 million voting.
The Census Bureau estimated that there were 245.5 million Americans ages 18 and older in November 2016, about 157.6 million of whom reported being registered to vote.
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As a consequence, turnout comparisons based only on registered voters may not be very meaningful. For instance, U.S. turnout in 2016 was 86.8% of registered voters, fourth-highest among OECD countries (and highest among those without compulsory voting). But registered voters in the U.S. are much more of a self-selected group, already more likely to vote because they took the trouble to register themselves.
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As a consequence, turnout comparisons based only on registered voters may not be very meaningful. For instance, U.S. turnout in 2016 was 86.8% of registered voters, fourth-highest among OECD countries (and highest among those without compulsory voting). But registered voters in the U.S. are much more of a self-selected group, already more likely to vote because they took the trouble to register themselves.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/21/u-s-voter-turnout-trails-most-developed-countries/