▲ 671 ▼ ‘Banana Republic’: Social Media Reacts to Trump Firing Statistics Chief After Bleak Jobs Report (www.mediaite.com) submitted 1 year ago by Redditsux@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Remember most eligible voters don’t vote. Voter turnout in the 2024 election was 63.7%. That's still a lot of folks who didn't vote, but it's not "most." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) But of the total adult population, only a minority votes. 63.7% is only of the registered voters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago I got the number from this page: https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout_in_the_2024_general_election which lists it as "eligible voters," which is in turn based on data from here: https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/ which discusses the methodology: The denominator for these VEP turnout rates is constructed by estimating the voting-age population or VAP (everyone age 18 and older residing in the United States). Ineligible populations are subtracted from the VAP consisting of non-citizens and felons (depending on state disenfranchisement laws). Eligible overseas voters are added to the national VEP estimates only as no reliable method exists to apportion these eligible voters to states. So no, it's not just registered voters. It's their best estimate of how many people are old enough and not disqualified. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) But of the total adult population, only a minority votes. 63.7% is only of the registered voters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago I got the number from this page: https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout_in_the_2024_general_election which lists it as "eligible voters," which is in turn based on data from here: https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/ which discusses the methodology: The denominator for these VEP turnout rates is constructed by estimating the voting-age population or VAP (everyone age 18 and older residing in the United States). Ineligible populations are subtracted from the VAP consisting of non-citizens and felons (depending on state disenfranchisement laws). Eligible overseas voters are added to the national VEP estimates only as no reliable method exists to apportion these eligible voters to states. So no, it's not just registered voters. It's their best estimate of how many people are old enough and not disqualified. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago I got the number from this page: https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout_in_the_2024_general_election which lists it as "eligible voters," which is in turn based on data from here: https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/ which discusses the methodology: The denominator for these VEP turnout rates is constructed by estimating the voting-age population or VAP (everyone age 18 and older residing in the United States). Ineligible populations are subtracted from the VAP consisting of non-citizens and felons (depending on state disenfranchisement laws). Eligible overseas voters are added to the national VEP estimates only as no reliable method exists to apportion these eligible voters to states. So no, it's not just registered voters. It's their best estimate of how many people are old enough and not disqualified. permalink fedilink source parent