2014 Election turnout lowest in 70 years
Midterm turnout 2014
Lowest Voter turnout since WWII
Democrats could not escape unpopularity
In the first article, it talks about how the voter rate went down tremendously. If you click on the link, there are charts and actual numbers based to the voting rate this year. It actually compares the data from 70 years ago to the rate of voting this past week. I was looking at a chart that gave me the option to see how low the voter turnout actually was in every state.
In the second link, the article refers to the voter rate as a constant issue in the U.S. Also, that in average the most populated areas are less likely to vote and those areas are usually filled of democrats voters. this website also provides charts and a map of the U.S. I found out that some states lost more than ten percent of their voting rate compared to midterms in 2010; those states were Washington, Delaware, Missouri, South Dakota, California, and Indiana. As an example, California in 2010 was at 45.80% and now in 2014 was at 34.80%. On the bright side, some states had a higher voter rate compared to the 2010 midterm; such as Maine. Maine in 2010 was at 55.90%, then in 2014 went up to 59.30%.
In the third link I used, the voter rate is being compared to the rate back during the time of World War 2. Numbers that support this statement is the percentage this year was 36.4 of eligible voters voted. we were so close to the percentage of 1942 which was 33.9. On this website there is a video explaining how the republicans won control in both houses. the reason for the republicans victory is because more whites voted this year than Asian, Hispanics, and blacks.
the last link once again lets us the public know why the democrats lost and it was due to president Obama being a Democrat. president Obama was like a heavy weight on the democrats scale, it brought them to the ground. everyone wanted a change in the government, which doesn't match up because the issues the public cares about, are issues republicans are against!
Takeaways:
1. The voting needs to improve everywhere. It doesn't matter whether or not a state went up, each citizen should be more informed on the government and the importance of their vote.
2. its crazy how low the voter turnout has been these past midterm elections ! I cant believe the turnout is being compared to the turnouts of 70 years ago.
Question?
Will the president voter rate be higher than the midterm elections due to lack of knowledge of midterms ?
Will the midterm election rate go up the next time ?
In the third link I used, the voter rate is being compared to the rate back during the time of World War 2. Numbers that support this statement is the percentage this year was 36.4 of eligible voters voted. we were so close to the percentage of 1942 which was 33.9. On this website there is a video explaining how the republicans won control in both houses. the reason for the republicans victory is because more whites voted this year than Asian, Hispanics, and blacks.
the last link once again lets us the public know why the democrats lost and it was due to president Obama being a Democrat. president Obama was like a heavy weight on the democrats scale, it brought them to the ground. everyone wanted a change in the government, which doesn't match up because the issues the public cares about, are issues republicans are against!
Takeaways:
1. The voting needs to improve everywhere. It doesn't matter whether or not a state went up, each citizen should be more informed on the government and the importance of their vote.
2. its crazy how low the voter turnout has been these past midterm elections ! I cant believe the turnout is being compared to the turnouts of 70 years ago.
Question?
Will the president voter rate be higher than the midterm elections due to lack of knowledge of midterms ?
Will the midterm election rate go up the next time ?
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