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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,883 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:49 PM Nov 2024

Washington voter turnout is lagging behind four years ago

Ballots are streaming in for Tuesday’s election in Washington, but the number returned is still falling well below four years ago.

As of Monday, 56.7% of ballots had been returned statewide, according to the secretary of state’s website. That’s more than 2.8 million ballots returned so far.

In 2020, 73.7% of ballots had been returned the day before the election.

Election officials are still expecting turnout to be around 80% as most ballots are returned in the days before the election. That’s on par with most other presidential years, aside from 2020 and 2008, which both saw record high levels near 84%.

In 2016, 78.7% of voters turned in a ballot, and in 2012, 81.3% voted.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/04/voter-turnout/

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Washington voter turnout is lagging behind four years ago (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2024 OP
I brought this up yesterdy thinkingagain Nov 2024 #1
But was that because covid lockdowns necessitated more mailings then? n/t MartyTheGreek Nov 2024 #2
There is no in-person voting in WA dpibel Nov 2024 #5
This does not appear to be "turn-out" but rather receipt of mail-in ballots, no? thesquanderer Nov 2024 #3
Yes Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2024 #4
I didn't find any of that anywhere in the article, which I read before posting. thesquanderer Nov 2024 #6
Doesn't specifically mention COVID but paragraph #6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2024 #7

thinkingagain

(1,296 posts)
1. I brought this up yesterdy
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:01 PM
Nov 2024

Didn’t compare it to any other year
but was just going by low returns on the Wa voter site
My concern was not only low turnout
But what did have higher turn out than say King co
was in the redder areas of the state

dpibel

(3,555 posts)
5. There is no in-person voting in WA
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:33 PM
Nov 2024

With a few exceptions for accommodation of disabilities.

It's been all mail/drop-off for a long time now.

thesquanderer

(12,544 posts)
3. This does not appear to be "turn-out" but rather receipt of mail-in ballots, no?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:04 PM
Nov 2024

Weren't mail-in ballots especially high 4 years ago because of covid?

thesquanderer

(12,544 posts)
6. I didn't find any of that anywhere in the article, which I read before posting.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:49 PM
Nov 2024

But this was subsequently explained by response #5 above. Washington doesn't have in-person voting. I didn't know that.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,883 posts)
7. Doesn't specifically mention COVID but paragraph #6
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:52 PM
Nov 2024
“2020 was the outlier year because we were all at home and our ballots were staring at us,” Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad told the Standard on Sunday. “We’re feeling pretty on track that we’re going to get at least 80%.”
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