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Barack Obama

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Sun Apr 26, 2015, 06:21 PM Apr 2015

18%

Last edited Sun Apr 26, 2015, 06:56 PM - Edit history (1)

That's about the percentage of the Voting Eligible Population (VEP) in America that voted for Republicans in the last midterm election. Additionallly, the percentage of the Voting Age Population (VEP) that voted for the GOP in the same election is 14%.

Compare that to President Obama's numbers in 2012: roughly 29% of the VEP and 27% of the VAP.

For reference:

http://www.electproject.org/2012g
http://www.electproject.org/2014g