US Elections: Highest turnout in 120 years
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More than 160 million Americans voted in the presidential election, producing the highest turnout rate in 120 years, according to preliminary estimates from the US Elections Project.
At 66.9%, the turnout rate of the voting-eligible population was the highest since 1900, the website’s data indicates.
That year, Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan, on a turnout of 73.7%. Unlike 2020’s election, 1900’s produced a clear-cut result.
“The 2020 presidential election had the highest turnout rate in 120 years,” the founder of the US Elections Project, professor Michael McDonald, tweeted on Wednesday.
“There is still a fair amount of guesswork involving outstanding ballots to be counted. I will continue to refine these estimates over the coming weeks.”
This year, election observers had predicted a high turnout driven in part by a surge in mail-in ballots and early voters mindful of the threat posed by coronavirus. More than 100 million people, a record, voted early, it has been estimated.
-BBC
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