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What was the total voter turnout in 2012?

What was the total voter turnout in 2012?

Later analysis by the University of California, Santa Barbara’s American Presidency Project found that there were 235,248,000 people of voting age in the United States in the 2012 election, resulting in 2012 voting age population (VAP) turnout of 54.9%.

How much did Obama win Wisconsin by?

Wisconsin was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a 13.91% margin of victory.

How did Wisconsin vote in 2004?

Wisconsin was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry by a 0.38% margin of victory. On election day, Senator Kerry barely carried the state over President George W. Bush. The results in Wisconsin were nearly identical to the results from four years earlier, when Al Gore squeaked by Bush.

How did Wisconsin vote in the 2020 presidential election?

Wisconsin was ultimately won by Biden by a narrow 0.63% margin over Trump, who had won it in 2016 by 0.77% against Hillary Clinton; however, Biden carried the state with a slightly larger margin than Al Gore or John Kerry did in either 2000 or 2004, respectively.

How many voted in 2012 total?

2012 United States presidential election

Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 332 206
States carried 26 + DC 24
Popular vote 65,915,795 60,933,504
Percentage 51.1% 47.2%

How did Wisconsin vote in 2000?

Wisconsin was won by Vice President Al Gore by a slim 0.22% margin of victory, a mere difference of 5,708 votes. This was the first time since 1988, and only the second time since 1960 that Wisconsin did not vote for the overall winner of a presidential election.

What is a turnout rate?

In political science, voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who participated in an election (often defined as those who cast a ballot). Low turnout is usually considered to be undesirable.

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