Re: voter turnout in the 2024 election

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:38:41 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > that was a good article.
 > it was easier to vote in 2020

The graph in

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections#History_of_voter_turnout

is really revealing.  It looks like the United States is on a good trend
w.r.t. voter turnout.  I guess the U.S. started out on a bad foot since
voting was so incredibly restricted at the founding.

But, with the analysis by Ari Berman, it's possible that it's too late for
this to necessarily be good for progressives.  The economy may be the
great elixir whether people change directions or not, and there's no
predicting that.

 > On Thu, 21 Nov 2024, Robert wrote:
 >  > It's unfair to just say that this election had the 3rd largest turnout of
 >  > any election without also saying that Biden received more votes than any
 >  > candidate in any American election ever.  I.e., Trump win was not a
 >  > mandate, but Biden's definitely was.  (An aside: the below-cited article
 >  > does not mention that being unemployed contributes to whether people vote
 >  > or not; without having to work, why not vote?)
 >  > 
 >  > Also, not even 50% of Americans were represented in this latest 2024
 >  > election.  We would have needed about 7% more citizens voting in order to
 >  > achieve that.
 >  > 
 >  > https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election