From the article: Based on the chart in the article, turnout for midterm elections is always lower than for presidential elections, but turnout was high for a midterm.
From the article:
Across the United States, 49 percent of eligible Americans voted, the second-highest turnout [for a midterm] since 1914, when neither women nor African Americans could vote in many states, according to preliminary data from the University of Florida Election Lab.
Three states with the highest turnout — Maine (65.7 percent), Minnesota (65.2 percent) and Michigan (63.2 percent) — held competitive Senate races where Democrats prevailed. All three also elected Democratic governors.
National turnout increased by three percentage points compared with 2022’s midterm elections. It was only slightly lower than in 2018, during the first Trump presidency, when 50 percent of eligible voters turned out.
Despite setting high marks for a midterm, turnout was lower than the 2024 presidential election by 15.2 percent. But the gap was smaller in the most competitive races, including in Maine, where Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson ousted Sen. Susan Collins (R), and Texas, where state Rep. James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, in the race for U.S. Senate.
Based on the chart in the article, turnout for midterm elections is always lower than for presidential elections, but turnout was high for a midterm.
I am struggling to wrap my head around the fact that 51% of Americans witnessed the last 2 years (or 10+) and still somehow can't be bothered to do even this tiniest thing about it???
I am struggling to wrap my head around the fact that 51% of Americans witnessed the last 2 years (or 10+) and still somehow can't be bothered to do even this tiniest thing about it???
From the article:
Based on the chart in the article, turnout for midterm elections is always lower than for presidential elections, but turnout was high for a midterm.
I am struggling to wrap my head around the fact that 51% of Americans witnessed the last 2 years (or 10+) and still somehow can't be bothered to do even this tiniest thing about it???