3 The overall number of people who voted in the November 2004 election was 126 million, a record high for a presidential election year. Voter turnout increased by 15 million voters from the election in 2000.

2012 United States presidential election

For the 2016 Presidential Election, the Current Population Survey found 70.3% of voting-age citizens (population 224,059,000) were registered and 61.4% voted. Observed the third Monday of February, the day honors all former U.S. presidents.

2016 United States presidential election

Gary Johnson received 4,489,233 total votes and 3.27% of the national vote, coming third in the nation and setting a record for the Libertarian Party’s best ever electoral result in the process.

The site’s data on turnout as percentage of eligible voters (VEP), is slightly higher and similar to BPC: 2000 55.3%, 2004 60.7%, 2008 62.2%, 2012 58.6%. McDonald’s voter turnout data for 2016 is 60.1% and 50% for 2018.

For example, in the November 2008 elec- tion, 58 percent of the voting-age population voted, while 64 percent of the voting-age citizen population went to the polls. This report focuses on the rates of the voting-age citizen population, as this is the preferred method for analyzing elections.

Total Electoral Vote = 538.