Comment by jasonvorhe
Comment by jasonvorhe 2 days ago
2024: > More than 155 million people cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election. It's second only in U.S. history to the 2020 election. Turnout in 2024 represented 63.9% of eligible voters, the second-highest percentage in the last 100 years, according to the University of Florida Election Lab. The only year that beat it – again – was 2020 when universal mail-in voting was more widely available.
2020: > More than 158 million votes were cast in the election
So 3 millions of Democrats suddenly decided to not go out to vote "to save democracy" against "fascism"?
> The only year that beat it – again – was 2020 when universal mail-in voting was more widely available.
You answered your own question. Voting was made more difficult in 2024, so fewer votes were cast.