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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/
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)But this is good news. When we vote, we win.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I misread the last paragraph. Sorry!
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)If we're close to 66 and 14 then there's no doubt a political shift.