Election Turnout In 2008

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Election turnout in 2008. The 2008 united states house of representatives elections were held on november 4 2008 to elect members to the united states house of representatives to serve in the 111th united states congress from january 3 2009 until january 3 2011. Voter turnout by sex and age for the 2008 us presidential election. Turnout for the november 2008 election in the 2008 presidential election 64 percent of voting age citizens voted an estimate not statistically different from the percent that turned out in 2004 but higher than the presidential elections of 2000 and 1996 table 1 2 overall 131 million people voted in 2008 a turnout increase of about 5 mil.

Educational attainment is perhaps the best predictor of voter turnout and in the 2008 election those holding advanced degrees were three times more likely to vote than those with less than high school education. The preferred turnout rate numerator is the total ballots counted which is all ballots election officials counted not all jurisdictions report total ballots counted so a second best numerator is highest office which in a presidential election year is the total votes for all presidential candidates including write ins where reported and in a non presidential election may be the vote for. Highest voter turnout rate ever in 1870s.

The 2008 united states presidential electionwas the 56th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 4 2008. Age income and educational attainment are significant factors affecting voter turnout. The lowest voter turnout rate for a presidential race was in 1792 when electors from 15 states voted unanimously to re elect george washington for a.

It coincided with the election of barack obama as president. For the general election turnout was 70 90 with 5 522 371 votes cast. Second largest youth voter turnout in american history by claire morgenstern nov 10 2008 several hundred carnegie mellon students gathered in rangos ballroom on tuesday night to watch election night coverage and weather the final hours before barack obama was elected as the first african american president of the united states.

State run primaries were held for both major parties as well as the green party on february 5. The democraticticket of barack obama the junior u s. All 435 voting seats as well as all 6 non voting seats were up for election.