National Turnout Rates and Rankings
For 2012 election-related commentary, please see these recent posts : Forget Ohio, it’s all about Virginia…and demographics Virginia Votes 2012 Virginia Votes 2012: Turnout across localities Lower [...]
View ArticleForget Ohio, it’s all about Virginia…and demographics
In my humble opinion, the biggest news coming out of the election last night was not Ohio. Instead, the polling results coming out of Virginia, that heavily favored Obama early in the evening, set the...
View ArticleVirginia Votes 2012: Turnout across localities
About two-thirds of Virginians voted last Tuesday!65.3% of eligible Virginians voted in last week’s presidential election (based on unofficial results and an estimate of the number of eligible voters...
View ArticleLower turnout in 2012 makes the case for political realignment in 2008
Now that most states have finalized and submitted their official election results (yes, it does take that long), we can take a closer look into state and local turnout rates for the 2012 presidential...
View ArticleNew Demographic Data on the 2012 Presidential Election
The recent release of the Census Bureau’s Voting and Registration data from the Current Population Survey finally allows us to look deeper into the population that turned out to vote this last...
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