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2016 Postmortem

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts) Sat Nov 1, 2014, 04:26 PM Nov 2014

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Everybody is comparing early voting to 2010 what about 2012 comparison

I haven't seen any numbers on that

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Everybody is comparing early voting to 2010 what about 2012 comparison (Original Post) bigdarryl Nov 2014 OP

Early vote appears to be higher in the states with competitive races compared to 2010. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #1

I know that but how is it comparing to 2012 turnout bigdarryl Nov 2014 #2

I believe it is lower. the guy who tracks this stuff says he expects 90 million votes in this hrmjustin Nov 2014 #3

It's hard to use 2012 as a benchmark jmowreader Nov 2014 #4

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

1. Early vote appears to be higher in the states with competitive races compared to 2010.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 04:31 PM

Nov 2014

Ga and NC African American turnout appears to be strong in early voting.

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)

2. I know that but how is it comparing to 2012 turnout

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 05:15 PM

Nov 2014

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

3. I believe it is lower. the guy who tracks this stuff says he expects 90 million votes in this

Reply to bigdarryl (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 05:25 PM

Nov 2014

years election. Around 85 million voted in 2010 and 129 million in 2012.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

4. It's hard to use 2012 as a benchmark

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2014, 03:50 AM

Nov 2014

Presidential election years always see higher turnout than midterm election years.

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