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Voter turnout in US elections is the total number of votes cast by the voting age population (VAP), or more recently, the voting eligible population (VEP), divided by the entire voting eligible population. It is usually displayed as a percentage, showing which percentage of eligible voters actually voted.
The historical trends in voter turnout in the United States presidential elections have been shaped by
- the gradual expansion of voting rights from the initial restriction to white male property owners aged 21 or older in the early years of the country's independence to all citizens aged 18 or older in the mid-20th century.[1]
- policies that have made it easier or harder for eligible people to register and vote
- the competitiveness of elections
- the mobilization efforts of parties, candidates and other organizations[2]
Approximately 161 million people were registered to vote in the 2020 presidential election and roughly 96.3% ballots were submitted, totaling 158,427,986 votes. Roughly 81 million eligible voters did not cast a ballot.[3]
- ^ Keyssar, Alexander (2009). The Right to Vote: the Contested History of Democracy in the United States (Rev. ed.). New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465005024.
- ^ Rosenstone, Steven J.; Hansen, John Mark (2003). Mobilization, participation, and democracy in America. New York: Longman. ISBN 978-0-321-12186-8.
- ^ "Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020" (PDF). www.fec.gov.