4 hours agoVoter turnout in US elections, “higher in 120 years”
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Over 160 million Americans have voted in the November 3rd presidential election in the US, producing the highest rate of turnout in 120 years. These are preliminary data from the US Election Project, whose mission is to secure election statistics. According to this project, participation in Tuesday's elections has [...]
Over 160 million Americans have voted in the November 3rd presidential election in the US, producing the highest rate of turnout in 120 years.
These are preliminary data from the US Election Project, whose mission is to secure election statistics.
According to this project, participation in Tuesday's elections has been 66.9 percent higher since 1900.
In 1900, turnout was 73.7 percent, and Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democrat challenger, William Jennings Bryan.
The 2020 presidential elections have had the highest turnout in 120 years”, the founder of the Election Project, Professor Michael McDonald, tweeted on Twitter.
In this year's competition for the first of the White House are the current president, Donald Trump, and former Vice President Joe Biden.
But the result is still unclear, since the counting of votes in some key states is continuing.
