What percentage of voters vote in midterm elections?

Fifty-three percent of the citizen voting-age population voted in 2018, the highest midterm turnout in four decades, while the 2014 election had the lowest.

What was the National voter turnout in 2014?

Turnout. Nationwide voter turnout was 36.4%, down from 40.9% in the 2010 midterms and the lowest since the 1942 elections, when just 33.9% of voters turned out, though that election came during the middle of World War II.

What was the turnout of the 2018 midterm elections?

The elections marked the highest voter turnout seen in midterm elections since 1914, at 49.4%.

How often are midterm elections held?

Congressional elections occur every two years. Voters choose one-third of senators and every member of the House of Representatives. Midterm elections occur halfway between presidential elections. The congressional elections in November 2022 will be “midterms.”

Who had the House in 2014?

The 2014 elections gave the Republicans control of the Senate and the House for the first time since the 109th Congress. With 248 seats in the House of Representatives and 54 seats in the Senate, this Congress began with the largest Republican majority since the 71st Congress of 1929–1931.

What is the average poll size?

In practice, pollsters need to balance the cost of a large sample against the reduction in sampling error and a sample size of around 500–1,000 is a typical compromise for political polls.

What was the turnout for the 2014 election?

The 2014 election also saw the lowest turnout since 1942, with just 36.4% of eligible voters voting. Major issues of the election included income inequality, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as “Obamacare”), which Republicans sought to repeal.

What was the voter turnout in the 2010 midterms?

Nationwide voter turnout was 36.4%, down from 40.9% in the 2010 midterms and the lowest since the 1942 elections, when just 33.9% of voters turned out, though that election came during the middle of World War II.

Where can I find voting results for BC elections?

Data files on this page are licensed under the Elections BC Open Data Licence. For provincial voting results, see our Provincial Election Results and Provincial By-election Results pages. For more voting information, please visit Data BC’s data catalogue.

Were the midterms the lowest turnout in 70 years?

Lowest turnout since WW2: Final numbers are still being tallied, but at this point it looks pretty clear that turnout in these midterms was the lowest overall in 70 years.