Many people are looking to draw far reaching conclusions after the mid-term elections and that is tempting after the dramatic wins for the Republican party across the country.
However, as I pointed out earlier in our district the total number of votes was nearly 34% below the total from just 2 years ago. These trends seem to hold across the country as voter turnout was just 36.3% which is the lowest since 1942!
In NY, the results were even worse with just 28.8% of eligible voters coming out to the polls. That is staggering. If only 29% of people turnout to vote, that means that you only need to get 14.6% of total voters to win your race!
If only a 1/3rd of voters are participating in the system, then I guess maybe we get the public servants we deserve.
Voter turnout by state in 2014 - via yahoo.com
1. Maine 59.3%
2. Wisconsin 56.9%
3. Alaska 55.3%
4. Colorado 53.0%
5. Oregon 52.0%
6. Minnesota 51.3%
7. Iowa 50.6%
8. New Hampshire 48.8%
9. Montana 46.1%
10. South Dakota 44.6%
11. Kentucky 44.2%
12. North Dakota 44.1%
13. Louisiana 43.9%
13. Massachusetts 43.9%
15. Florida 43.1%
16. Kansas 42.8%
17. Connecticut 42.7%
17. Michigan 42.7%
19. Maryland 41.9%
20. Rhode Island 41.7%
21. Nebraska 41.3%
22. Arkansas 41.2%
23. North Carolina 40.7%
24. Vermont 40.2%
25. Illinois 39.5%
26. Idaho 39.1%
26. Wyoming 39.1%
28. Washington 38.6%
29. New Mexico 38.3%
30. Georgia 38.2%
31. Virginia 36.7%
32. Ohio 36.2%
33. Pennsylvania 36.1%
34. Hawaii 35.0%
35. South Carolina 34.9%
36. Delaware 34.5%
37. Arizona 34.4%
38. Alabama 33.5%
39. Missouri 32.3%
40. California 31.8%
40. Nevada 31.8%
40. West Virginia 31.8%
43. New Jersey 30.4%
44. Washington, D.C. 30.3%
45. Oklahoma 29.8%
46. Mississippi 29.7%
47. Tennessee 29.1%
48. New York 28.8%
48. Utah 28.8%
49. Texas 28.5%
50. Indiana 28.0%
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