National turn-out was 36.6%, the lowest since 1940

[Antonio the Sixth]

[Inks]ing morons.

[Antonio the Sixth]

On a slightly less depressing note, it looks like turnout did improve compared to 2010 in key battleground States, according to 538:



Of course it would make sense that turnout would grow in States that weren't competitive in 2010, but Colorado, Florida, Alaska, Wisconsin and NH all had some fairly contested elections. So the postitive turnout numbers might mean that Democrats did do a decent job at mobilizing their base, after all (though it wasn't enough to save them).

[Person Man]

So, this is what? The second lowest midterm since the Civil War? I sure hate to know what happened in 1930...oh wait.

This election was totally unacceptable. Maybe we should look for an alternative to elections? I mean, like what realpolitik said, we do some people have them?

[ElectionsGuy]

As expected, this was one of the most apathetic elections in history. So the dems let all the young diverse crowd sit out while all the old white people remembered to vote!

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I'm pretty sure we have millions of uncounted votes here in California.

[Maxwell]

states with competitive elections had higher turnout. what