New: turnoutAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzansteemhive-183959hive-185836hive-180932photographyhive-150122hive-166405hive-144064uncommonlabhive-101145hive-183397hive-188619hive-184714bitcoinkrsuccesshive-145157hive-193637hive-180301hive-103599hive-139150hive-165987TrendingNewHotLikersbumblecat (78)in election • last monthTurnout in 2024.An obvious point when you think about it, but yes you can't just assume all the Democrats that stayed home necessarily are as reliably Democratic as those that turned out. Low propensity Democrats…zafrada (78)in trump • 2 months agoVote turnout.One big downside of states taking awhile to count votes is we get narratives about depressed turnout that just aren't remotely accurate. We have about ~1.5 million votes still to count. We are…leguna (78)in election • 2 months agoWith most of the vote in, turnout is slightly below 2024, but not significantly.In the battleground states, turnout actually was higher than 2020 except in North Carolina (down 1%) and Arizona (down 3%). In Michigan and Wisconsin turnout was up 1.4% and 1.3% respectively! In…zafrada (78)in democrat • 11 months agoSpecial election voters.Nate "Gold" Cohn with a good piece on how the electorate of special elections since 2022 is different than general elections- a lot of highly engaged, high turnout voters. More Biden voters have…zafrada (78)in biden • last yearSuccess in low turn-out elections?For the pessimistic version of 2024, the electorate for low turnout off-cycle elections tends to be more engaged Democrats than during the presidential election. Especially in recent years as…zafrada (78)in elections • last yearYou've got no electoral college to blame for these races.My biggest complaint with the whole "your individual vote doesn't matter"/"it's okay not to vote" theses is they tend to ignore local elections that can be quite consequential and routinely are…pomeline (79)in florida • last yearYeah I've been trying to tell people this.Florida is purpler than you think. It is just that the state Dem party has really given up in Florida and the Republicans are eating their lunch. People tend to overcorrect too much from Midterms…bumblecat (78)in us • 2 years agoWe crossed 105 million votes in the 2022 Midterms so far.In 2018, 122 million voted. Turnout is expected to be below 2018, but still far above previous Midterms. Hopefully this is a new normal. The House popular vote margin has closed a bit as…arbitration (78)in midterms • 2 years agoMeasurable state-wide effects benefiting Democrats.It's starting to look like a combination of abortion rights and election denialism had significant, measurable, statewide effects that benefited Democrats in places were these state-level issues.…jonas.casius (25)in with • 4 years agoTrump, Biden hand their fate to voterslifecoma (72)in politics • 5 years agoTurning out non-voters. Recipe for a win in an election?Pet peeve on something I hear far too often from well-meaning but woefully misguided LP friends: Non-voters are not a latent libertarian constituency of radical anarchists just waiting to be…michaelweddle (48)in vote • 7 years agoGive 16-Year Olds Right to Vote Now!Give 16-year-olds the right to vote! Their recent actions prove they are more responsible then the current crop in Congress! Three political movements America needs to pay attention to:…umar97 (61)in gaming • 7 years agoDota Pro Circuit from Valve, What's That? Find The Answer Here!After the 2017 International ended, Valve introduced a new system that is the presence of a series of Major and Minor tournaments called Dota Pro Circuit held worldwide and lasted for 8 months.…sriramalu (45)in presidency • 8 years agoDo you believe voter turnout was the reason Donald Trump won the presidency?Turnout was an important factor. Some Democratic constituencies did not turn out for Hillary Clinton the way they did for Barack Obama. Underlying turnout are the reasons Trump beat Clinton: For…
