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Voter turnout was registered at 48.99%, the lowest for a presidential election since 1924. [27] As of 2024, this remains the last time that the states of Kentucky, Louisiana, West Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee were carried by a Democratic presidential nominee.
There was no systematic collection of voter turnout data by gender at a national level before 1964, but smaller local studies indicate a low turnout among female voters in the years following women's suffrage in the United States. For example, a 1924 study of voter turnout in Chicago found that "female Chicagoans were far less likely to have ...
November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1996: Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term. This election had the lowest voter turnout since 1924. November 7 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. November 11 – Discovery Kids debuts. November 15
May 8—ANDERSON — The turnout in Tuesday's primary was the lowest in the last five presidential years. Of the 88,933 registered voters in Madison County, only 18,393 ballots were cast or 20.68%.
Nonetheless, there is evidence to support the argument that predictable election results—where one vote is not seen to be able to make a difference—have resulted in lower turnouts, such as Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election (which featured the lowest voter turnout in the United States since 1924), the United Kingdom general election of 2001 ...
Voter turnout in the nation is depressingly disappointing. On the 60th year anniversary of this nation’s most important, courageous and successful drive to enlist more voters, the turnout rate ...
Adults between 18 and 24 have continuously posted the lowest voter turnout rate of all age groups over the past six decades, with turnout wavering between 30-50% in all presidential elections ...
During the 1996 gubernatorial elections, the governorships of the eleven states and two territories were up for election. Going into the elections, Republicans held the governorships of thirty-two states, Democrats held those of seventeen states, all territories , and the Mayorship of the District of Columbia , and one Governor was a member of ...