Voter turnout | election process | Britannica (original) (raw)

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United States midterm elections

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  In United States midterm elections
  (Voter turnout in the 2018 midterm elections was 50 percent, the highest since 1914. Turnout for the 2022 midterms was estimated at 47 percent.)
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United States presidential election of 2020

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  In Democratic Party: From Watergate to a new millennium
  …federal election generated the largest voter turnout in American history, with more 150 million ballots cast. Democrats—who voted early and by mail more often than Republicans did—handed Obama’s former vice president, Joe Biden, a victory over the incumbent, Trump, in the presidential election. Biden won the popular vote by some…
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