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Originally Posted by kane
I found on Wikipedia some numbers from every US election.
It looks like it goes up and down. For example in 1980 turnout was 52.8%. In 1996 it was 49%.
It looks like it has been on a slow, steady rise since 2000 when it was 50.3%. |
surprising chart (to me). I'm actually impressed with the overall recent #s but also surprised voter turnout has been under 65% for 100+ years.