The following list includes the top five highest voter turnout races in history, according to research data compiled by The Elect Project and 270towin. U.S. President James A. Garfield.

That groundwork helped set the stage for rising voter turnout rates in the 1830s and 1840s, according to Jon Grinspan, historian at the National Museum of American History and author of the ...

The turnout rate started to rise in 2004 and, in 2008, the U.S. saw the highest rate of eligible voter turnout in a presidential election in the past 50 years: 61.65%.

None of these things mean that high youth voter turnout in November is assured. The proportion of college students who voted in the 2022 midterms was down from the record set in 2018.

The highest voter turnout in history was in 1876, when 82.6% of eligible voters cast ballots in the race between Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden.

Voter turnout for Black citizens is among highest across racial groups, but gaps remain. Experts say systemic issues, poor messaging and accountability problems are some of the reasons disparities ...

More than half of U.S. eligible voters cast a ballot in 2018, the highest turnout rate for a midterm election in recent history, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly released data from ...

Voter turnout for the Nov. 3 election is projected to be double the record-setting number of ballots cast in the Sept. 1 state primaries, and even exceed the historical 75% voter turnout in the ...

Voter turnout in the 2018 midterm elections was the highest in a midterm election in at least 40 years. And interest in the 2020 election was at unprecedented levels as early as spring 2019.

History of voter turnout in Massachusetts primaries, elections. voters complete their ballots on sept. 6, 2022 Updated: 8:31 PM EST Feb 27, 2024 Editorial ...

Making history and expressing outrage may drive Californians to record turnout Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, departs after speaking at a campaign event ...