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user-inactivated  ·  2059 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ohio Special Election Live Update




Cumol  ·  2059 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thats even worse. Why is that so? Isn’t everyone allowed to vote?

That’s like a 2.5% voter turnout???

user-inactivated  ·  2059 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh! This was a Congressional district. So not a statewide race. Sorry. The coffee is slow to work this morning.

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=39&cd=12

582.000 people over the age of 18. Still not great, but better. I can't find any stats right now on how many of those are actually registered to vote. TBH, I'm not too convinced that's a useful stat in this context anyways. More of a sanitizing one. "Participation rates go up once you only factor in people who at least minimally engaged with the system!"

user-inactivated  ·  2059 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Closer to 50%. This was not a state-wide election, just a Congressional race.