VOTER TURNOUT
2008 Presidential Election
Kind of interesting that Barack Obama and John McCain's home states ranked so low on the list; in fact, lower than Joe Biden and Sarah Palin's home states.
1. Minnesota (78.48%)
2. Wisconsin (72.86%)
3. Maine (72.65%)
4. New Hampshire (72.16%)
5. Colorado (70.47%)
6. Iowa (70.17%)
7. Michigan (69.38%)
8. Missouri (68.76%)
9. Alaska (68.52%)
10. Oregon (68.47%)
11. Virginia (68.23%)
12. Maryland (68.18%)
13. Florida (68.03%)
14. Connecticut (67.96%)
15. Washington (67.72%)
16. Ohio (67.59%)
17. Montana (67.10%)
18. Vermont (67.05%)
19. New Jersey (66.90%)
20. Massachusetts (66.69%)
21. North Carolina (66.47%)
22. Delaware (66.42%)
23. North Dakota (65.96%)
24. Wyoming (65.77%)
25. Pennsylvania (64.86%)
26. South Dakota (64.72%)
27. Idaho (64.53%)
28. Nebraska (63.48%)
29. Illinois (63.43%)
30. Kansas (63.08%)
31. Rhode Island (63.02%)
32. Louisiana (62.68%)
33. California (62.49%)
34. Alabama (61.96%)
35. Georgia (61.66%)
36. Mississippi (61.62%)
37. District of Columbia (60.90%)
38. New Mexico (60.56%)
39. Indiana (60.55%)
40. Kentucky (58.88%)
41. South Carolina (58.77%)
42. Nevada (58.69%)
43. New York (58.57%)
44. Tennessee (57.76%)
45. Oklahoma (57.30%)
46. Arizona (56.66%)
47. Texas (55.20%)
48. Utah (54.34%)
49. Arkansas (53.90%)
50. West Virginia (51.90%)
51. Hawaii (50.73%)
Wow, look at the Upper South. Didn't they used to LEAD these kinds of categories? Doesn't seem like they have anyone to turn to anymore. Pretty awful.
Especially WV.... no normal world should have that state as the 2nd lowest in turnout... and by a full 2%... over ARKANSAS! These are people who might have the most interest in turning out. There is some truth to saying the Dems have to get back to economics and let the social stuff work itself out like it always does.
EDIT: on the bright side, nice to see NJ make a nice improvement. Makes sense though.... there are a lot of rich, Republican, get-the-feds-off-my-back types in the wealthy areas of North Jersey (kinda why I was always saying that Obama clearly had a ceiling in NJ, despite any other swings in the Northeast. He could've pulled 65% nationwide and he STILL wouldn't have topped 58-59% in Jersey) that would LOVE McCain and at the same time a ton of West Coast type liberals around Princeton and other college towns that went nuts for Obama.
