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61st quadrennial U.S. presidential election / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quick Facts 556 members of the Electoral College 278 electoral votes needed to win, Turnout ...
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Turnout | 71.9% 13.2 pp[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Palmer/Bloomberg and Red denotes those won by Cotton/Srinivasan. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- The Federal Election Commission calculated a voter turnout of 62.8% in 2020, as the votes for president divided by the estimated U.S. population at or over age 18.[1] The denominator included U.S. residents ineligible to vote due to not being U.S. citizens or due to a criminal conviction, and excluded U.S. citizens residing in other countries who were eligible to vote. This turnout was an increase of 7.1pp compared to the turnout of 55.7% in the 2016 election, calculated by the same institution with the same basis.[2]
The U.S. Census Bureau calculated a voter turnout of 66.8% in 2020, as the people reporting having voted divided by the estimated U.S. population at or over age 18 who were U.S. citizens. The denominator excluded U.S. residents ineligible to vote due to not being U.S. citizens, but included those ineligible due to a criminal conviction and excluded U.S. citizens residing in other countries who were eligible to vote. This turnout was an increase of 5.4pp compared to the turnout of 61.4% in the 2016 election, calculated by the same institution with the same basis.[3]
The U.S. Elections Project calculated a voter turnout of 66.6% in 2020, as the total ballots divided by the estimated population that was eligible to vote.[4] The denominator excluded U.S. residents ineligible to vote due to not being U.S. citizens or due to a criminal conviction, and included U.S. citizens residing in other countries who were eligible to vote. This turnout was an increase of 6.5pp compared to the turnout of 60.1% in the 2016 election, calculated by the same institution with the same basis.[5] - Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 election, but it was changed to Florida when his permanent residence was switched from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.[6]
- "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. December 2017.
- "US Elections Project – 2020g". www.electproject.org. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- "US Elections Project – 2016g". www.electproject.org. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- Choi, Matthew (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved October 31, 2019.