Voter Turnout Could Hit 50-Year Record For Midterm Elections

[Dulcinea]

The 2018 elections could see the highest turnout for a midterm since the mid-1960s, another time of cultural and social upheaval.

"It's probably going to be a turnout rate that most people have never experienced in their lives for a midterm election," Michael McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida who studies turnout and maintains a turnout database, told NPR.

McDonald is predicting that 45 to 50 percent of eligible voters will cast a ballot. That would be a level not seen since 1970 when 47 percent of voters turned out or 1966 when a record 49 percent turned out in a midterm.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/18/658255884/voter-turnout-could-hit-50-year-record-for-midterm-elections

[Doodley]

1. That would be good for us.

[global1]

2. We Need A Historic Turnout In Order To Prevent....

Repug voter suppression, stealing of votes, cheating by the Repugs and help by the interfering Russians. We all know that this is their plan to maintain their power base and we are seeing signs of their foul play all over the country already.

The turnout needs to be such that the Repugs can't possibly steal this election without being exposed.

This election needs to be the largest voter turnout of any election ever held in the U.S.

GOTV!!!!!!

[Aristus]

3. I want to be able to secure all of the practical political apparatus for reining Trump in,

to be sure. But I also want a huge Blue win just so we can show the Trumpsters and the rest of the world that Trump does not represent, or speak for, the majority of the American people.

[StevieM]

4. 1970 is the last election since the voting age was lowered to 18. (eom)

[BigDemVoter]

5. A 50-year record?

That would HAVE to help Dems, as high turnout always does. . . .