Voter Turnout 2017
January9% Georgia Statewide Special Election Runoff January 10, 2017
February
0.5% Virginia Faifax City, Mayor Special Election February 2, 2017
28% Minnesota State Legislative District 32B Sp. Election February 14, 2017
38% Washington Special Election February 14, 2017
0.4% Florida Mexico Beach Referendum February 21, 2017
8% Wisconsin Spring Primary February 21, 2017
35% Delaware 10th Senate District Special Election February 25, 2017
18% Connecticut State Senate 2 February 28, 2017
28% Connecticut State Senate 32 February 28, 2017
26% Connecticut State House 115 February 28, 2017
8% Illinois Consolidated Primary February 28, 2017
March
6% Alabama Jefferson County School Tax Renewal March 7, 2017
11% California City of Los Angeles Mayor Primary March 7, 2017
29% Missouri St Louis Mayor Primary March 7, 2017
12% Oklahoma House District 28 Special Primary March 7, 2017
15% Alabama Winterboro School Tax Election March 14, 2017
18% Idaho Special Election March 14, 2017
6% Virginia Bath County, Supervisor Special Election March 14, 2017
15% Georgia Fulton County Special Election March 21, 2017
8% Georgia Cobb County Special Election March 21, 2017
5% Pennsylvania House District 197 Special Election March 21, 2017
18% Louisiana House District 8 Special Election March 25, 2017
26% Louisiana House District 42 Special Election March 25, 2017
10% Louisiana House District 92 Special Election March 25, 2017
April
14% California CD-34 Special Election Primary April 4, 2017
32% Colorado Colorado Springs City Council Election April 4, 2017
58% Colorado Otis, Recall 4 Town Council Members April 4, 2017
30% Missouri St. Louis Mayor General Election April 4, 2017
3% Missouri Lee's Summit, Recall City Councilman April 4, 2017
18% Nebraska City of Lincoln Primary Election April 4, 2017
16% Wisconsin Spring Election April 4, 2017
18% Kansas CD-4 Special General Election April 11, 2017
11% South Carolina State Senate District 3 Primary April 11, 2017
5% South Carolina State House District 84 Primary April 11, 2017
44% Georgia CD-6 Special Primary Election April 18, 2017
44% Georgia State Senate District 32 Special Election April 18, 2017
10% Virginia Manassas Clerk of Court, Special Election April 18, 2017
12% South Carolina State Senate District 3 Primary Runoff April 25, 2017
31% Washington Special Election April 25, 2017
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On the other hand, this is why people should run for some of these very local offices. Just get your friends and family to vote and you've got a good chance. With only 8-10 percent of those eligible to vote participating, the odds are good.
But when nationally discussed special election for the House of Representatives gets the most with only 44% of eligible voters participating? SAD!
Everyone should make a pledge to vote in every single election, no matter how small or local, and dammit, if you don't vote in 2018, don't even bother to come here. And I'm talking to you, mostly, younger people: millennials still have the lowest voter turnout of any group. Only about 50% voted in the presidential election last year, and only about a third in the 2014 midterms.
Check out this graph of voter turnout by age for recent years till 2014. There's a huge difference between those between 18-29 and those over 60. It's especially pronounced in midterm elections (where in 2014, only about 15% of millennials voted):
