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dflprincess

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5. Turn out vs mail in did cross my mind as the reason for difference
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 10:53 PM
Nov 2018

but we had a lot of early voting (technically "no excuse absentee voting" here) and quite a bit of that is mail in, though we can also vote early in person.

It would be interesting to know how the stats were calculated.

I did find this at the MN Secretary of State website.
https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Select/VoterTurnout/115

"Number of Eligible Voters
Minnesota uses the number of the Voting Eligible Population (VEP) as the denominator when calculating the percentage
of voters who voted.
The VEP is the number of individuals 18 years of age or older (the voting age population) minus the estimated number of
individuals who are not eligible to vote (such as non-citizens or individuals who do not have voting rights under law).

In 2018, Minnesota’s current estimated Voting Eligible Population is 4,064,389.* "


Interesting that eligible voters who are not necessarily registered voters is used for the denominator. The way they arrive at it gives this data analyst a headache.

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You Guy's are good. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #1
Oregon - 69.6% central scrutinizer Nov 2018 #2
You're saying Minnesota Public Radio "misspoke"? dflprincess Nov 2018 #3
Maybe it was highest turnout at polling places central scrutinizer Nov 2018 #4
Turn out vs mail in did cross my mind as the reason for difference dflprincess Nov 2018 #5
Then MPR is probably correct central scrutinizer Nov 2018 #6
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