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The Voter's Club

  • DemocrUSy
  • Jan 10, 2024
  • 2 min read

Congratulations, you have registered to vote and you are on your way to becoming a more engaged citizen!


What does this mean? You have successfully joined the 161.4 Million registered voters in America.


According to World Population Review, the most current population count in the US is 340,920,914 people as of this post. If you do the math, the of the total population of the America people, 47% (161.4 Million Americans) are registered to vote. And, roughly 52% of the US is of voting age.


So, how do we get more people to vote? It is starting to happen already, people. According to the University of Florida, Election Lab, the U.S. elections of 2018, 2020 and 2022 saw the highest voter turnout than we have seen in recent decades.


The highest turnout for a presidential election? It was the year 2020, which was the highest rate of voting since the year 1900. You remember, the year that the first gas-powered Mercedes car came out... And what about the midterm elections? 49 percent of voters came cast their ballot in 2018, which was the highest since 1914, just trailing behind were the 2022 midterm elections as the second highest voter turnout.


The good news? More Americans are voting, and more recently - that is really good for democracy. And, more people are voting in elections aside from just the presidential ones where we see obvious spikes (exhibit A below.)


Continue to vote in every local election you can, more consistently, and we think this trend is just gonna keep on going up in positive directions.


Give yourself a pat on the back as one human of that 161.4 Million... we are going to do great things together.


A graph showing the voter turnout rates over time from 1789 to present day. Data by University of Florida, Election Lab
US Voter Turnout Rates from 1789 to Present





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