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Tagged: turnout

Election 2010
2:40 pm
Wed November 3, 2010

Top 5 Michigan counties for voter turnout (and the 5 worst)

Voter turnout map
Credit Lani Chisnell / Michigan Radio
The fuscia counties turned out to vote. The dark purple counties did not.
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The Secretary of State's office has released unofficial voter turnout results for all the counties in Michigan (the State Board of Canvassers will make them official later this month).

  • The voters in Leelanau county scored the best turnout rate in the state at 61.60%
  • The voters in Cass county scored the worst turnout rate in the state at 35.74%

Here are the top 5:

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Election 2010
1:42 pm
Wed November 3, 2010

Voter turnout in Michigan lower than expected

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has finalized the language of the six ballot proposals that will appear on November ballots.
Not as many people vote in gubernatorial election years compared to Presidential election years.
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Outgoing Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land had expected 52% of eligible voters to show up at the polls yesterday. The unofficial tally stands at 45% today.

The turnout results remain "unofficial" until they are certified by the Board of State Canvassers later this month.

Of the 7.28 million registered to vote, 3.3 million did so.

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Election 2010
4:15 pm
Tue November 2, 2010

Top 10 states for voter turnout

Polling station sign
Credit user jaina / Creative Commons
Voter turnout is better when we're electing a new president. The best gubernatorial turnout rate in Michigan was 60% in 1962 (based on data starting in 1948).
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People in northern states may be cold, but they seem to vote in higher numbers than in some other states.

In the 2008 election, these states had the highest turnout rates from their voting eligible population according to Michael McDonald's United States Elections Project:

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