Midterm Turnout Surged to 50-Year High

[babylonsister]

I'm convinced social media played a huge part in this.


https://politicalwire.com/2018/11/08/midterm-turnout-surged-to-50-year-high/

Midterm Turnout Surged to 50-Year High
November 8, 2018 at 6:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

“Voter turnout soared in the 2018 midterm elections, according to an early projection in a new study, potentially reaching the highest level in over 50 years,” NBC News reports.

“An estimated 48.1 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, over 113 million people in total… If that holds it would be the highest rate since 1966, when 48.7 percent of voters participated.”

[LisaM]

1. Imagine if turnout was always like this, and we didn't have to fight so hard...

This would be a very different country. In fact, I think it could be one where small town America could be stronger, because any reasonable efforts at restricting tax giveaways would have meant that places like Wal-Mart wouldn't have had such an easy time cheating on taxes and decimating Main Street.

[babylonsister]

2. We need kids to be

impressed with the fact how important it is to vote. So a good education is mandatory.