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I don't understand why people are talking about these record number of voters in absolute numbers... We need to know the percentage of all possible voters other
by jobigoud 6y ago
I don't understand why people are talking about these record number of voters in absolute numbers... We need to know the percentage of all possible voters otherwise it's meaningless. What's telling me that the population of the US hasn't grown by 5 million since the last election?
- riffraff 6y agoturnout at the 2020 election in percentage is the highest in this century[0], but the absolute number is significant per se in the argument, as it shows that Biden didn't just win because a lot of people abandoned Trump: he actually gained a ton of voters since the previous election. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections#Turnout_statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States...
- jobigoud 6y agoUSA population apparently increased by 8 millions between 2016 and 2020, so that's a lot more voters contributing to these numbers… The percentage of people that can vote is more interesting I think. To me it's like the record of the Box Office that is measured in dollar amount. It doesn't make sense as the ticket price evolves over time and the value of money also changes.
- riffraff 6y ago"the percentage of people that can vote" is the number I quoted, 2020 is the highest in a very long time.