Historical Presidential Voter Turnout Numbers
The NYTimes mentioned that if voter turnout were to hit 64% this election, it would be the highest voter turnout since the 65.7% we had in the election of 1908 (go Taft!). This got me curious about historical voter turnout levels and led me to this handy data repository, which I turned into an even handier bar graph:
click to big-ify
Apparently I’m very interested in voter turnout numbers, as this is not the first such chart that I have posted.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:54 am
I’m very glad you posted it. (I’m interested in these things too.)
– Maggie Carneiro
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