2018 10: Where People Show Up to Vote – and Where They Don't

The analysis shows that there is great variation by state and by county, with turnout in the 2016 election ranging from less than 40 percent of the citizen voting age population in Hawaii to nearly 70 percent in Maine and Minnesota. The variation is even more pronounced at the county level, with turnout in the election ranging from less than 20 percent in some Georgia counties, for instance, to nearly 100 percent in pockets of Arizona, Texas, and Colorado. California’s rates follow geography, with turnouts higher along the coast (including the San Francisco Bay Region), and lower as you move inland and south.