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> And by the way, except for two elections, voter turnout in the U.S. has hovered between 70% and 80% since the 60s. Where are you getting this from? I was und
by 6thSigma 12y ago
> And by the way, except for two elections, voter turnout in the U.S. has hovered between 70% and 80% since the 60s.
Where are you getting this from? I was under the impression it's closer to 50%.
- thaumaturgy 12y agoOh! I was wrong. I had gone off of a graph of voter turnout for several different countries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turnout.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turnout.png -- it came up while searching for demographic information on voters), but I'm colorblind, and didn't realize I was associating the wrong lines with the wrong country. Hate when that happens. US voter turnout has been oscillating between 50% and 65% since about 1904 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_St...), although there is a (very) gradual declining trend. Thanks for catching that error.