The 2024 presidential election brought out huge crowds to polling-places nationwide showing numbers that almost hit the all-time peak from four years ago
State-by-state results paint an eye-catching picture: eleven states (most of them battle-grounds) broke their 44-year-old records. Wisconsin voters came out strong — about 75% of eligible citizens cast their ballots beating their twenty-year-old record by one point. Michigan and Arizona both saw two-point jumps above their previous peaks; however North Carolina didnt keep up its momentum dropping from 71% to roughly 69%
Early-voting trends played a big part in this years high numbers. Michigan actually had more early voters than during the covid-affected election; many other states came real close to those totals. The overall turnout puts this election in a special place: its now the second-highest in a hundred years beating famous races like Obama-McCain in 08‚ Kennedy-Nixon in 60‚ and Taft-Bryan way back when
The counting method uses some specific math: they divide presidential votes by voting-eligible population (data comes from AP and University of Florida Election Lab‚ who track this stuff)