Appendix H

Voter Turnout Performance in Presidential Elections: 2000 - 2020

*Swing State below 5%. **Swing State below 7.5%. ***Swing State below 10%. Florida election results from the Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Maryland election results from the Maryland Board of Elections. Remaining election results taken from the Federal Election Commission. Registered Voters (REG) taken from David Leip's Atlas of Presidential Elections uselectionatlas.org. Voting Age Population (VAP) and Voting Eligible Population (VEP) taken from the United States Election Project electproject.org. ME, ND, NE, WI, & WY voter statistics not used due to incomplete data or use of the district system.

Voter Turnout Performance - 2000

State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	VAP		VEP		REG
State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout
Alabama	Rep	1,666,272	14.92%	3,334,576	49.97%	3,241,682	51.40%	2,528,963	65.89%
Alaska	Rep	285,560	30.95%	440,296	64.86%	419,111	68.13%	473,648	60.29%
Arizona	**Rep	1,532,016	6.29%	3,816,498	40.14%	3,357,701	45.63%	2,173,122	70.50%
Arkansas	**Rep	921,781	5.44%	2,001,774	46.05%	1,925,961	47.86%	1,555,809	59.25%
California	Dem	10,965,856	11.80%	24,867,252	44.10%	19,685,258	55.71%	15,707,307	69.81%
Colorado	***Rep	1,741,368	8.36%	3,246,521	53.64%	3,026,316	57.54%	2,641,990	65.91%
Connecticut	Dem	1,459,525	17.47%	2,575,243	56.68%	2,357,687	61.90%	1,901,203	76.77%
Delaware	Dem	327,622	13.06%	594,256	55.13%	554,863	59.05%	503,614	65.05%
District of Col.	Dem	201,894	76.20%	458,301	44.05%	416,696	48.45%	354,410	56.97%
Florida	*Rep	5,963,110	0.01%	12,475,387	47.80%	10,667,193	55.90%	8,752,717	68.13%
Georgia	Rep	2,596,804	11.69%	6,087,332	42.66%	5,639,668	46.05%	3,856,676	67.33%
Hawaii	Dem	367,951	18.33%	923,737	39.83%	832,642	44.19%	637,349	57.73%
Idaho	Rep	501,621	39.53%	935,443	53.62%	877,406	57.17%	728,085	68.90%
Illinois	Dem	4,742,123	12.01%	9,208,908	51.49%	8,432,600	56.24%	7,129,026	66.52%
Indiana	Rep	2,199,302	15.63%	4,527,523	48.58%	4,424,909	49.70%	3,994,910	55.05%
Iowa	*Dem	1,315,563	0.31%	2,199,529	59.81%	2,082,950	63.16%	1,841,346	71.45%
Kansas	Rep	1,072,218	20.80%	1,983,933	54.05%	1,927,950	55.61%	1,623,623	66.04%
Kentucky	Rep	1,544,187	15.13%	3,059,582	50.47%	2,955,628	52.25%	2,556,815	60.39%
Louisiana	***Rep	1,765,656	7.68%	3,260,060	54.16%	3,130,267	56.41%	2,796,551	63.14%
Maryland	Dem	2,025,480	16.39%	3,972,224	50.99%	3,649,631	55.50%	2,719,636	74.48%
Massachusetts	Dem	2,702,984	27.30%	4,870,470	55.50%	4,517,052	59.84%	4,008,627	67.43%
Michigan	**Dem	4,232,501	5.13%	7,370,524	57.42%	7,070,702	59.86%	6,859,332	61.70%
Minnesota	*Dem	2,438,685	2.40%	3,662,005	66.59%	3,506,432	69.55%	3,265,324	74.68%
Mississippi	Rep	994,184	16.92%	2,076,861	47.87%	2,024,650	49.10%	1,739,858	57.14%
Missouri	*Rep	2,359,892	3.34%	4,190,073	56.32%	4,052,255	58.24%	3,860,672	61.13%
Montana	Rep	410,997	25.07%	676,065	60.79%	667,525	61.57%	698,260	58.86%
Nevada	*Rep	608,970	3.55%	1,523,209	39.98%	1,346,116	45.24%	874,304	69.65%
New Hampshire	*Rep	569,081	1.27%	934,176	60.92%	890,622	63.90%	854,694	66.58%
New Jersey	Dem	3,187,226	15.83%	6,356,954	50.14%	5,601,788	56.90%	4,710,768	67.66%
New Mexico	*Dem	598,605	0.06%	1,318,129	45.41%	1,234,088	48.51%	973,533	61.49%
New York	Dem	6,821,999	24.98%	14,344,348	47.56%	12,380,208	55.10%	11,262,816	60.57%
North Carolina	Rep	2,911,262	12.83%	6,143,214	47.39%	5,744,241	50.68%	5,122,123	56.84%
Ohio	*Rep	4,705,457	3.51%	8,487,355	55.44%	8,295,592	56.72%	7,535,186	62.45%
Oklahoma	Rep	1,234,229	21.88%	2,568,304	48.06%	2,475,220	49.86%	2,233,602	55.26%
Oregon	*Dem	1,533,968	0.44%	2,595,354	59.10%	2,364,402	64.88%	1,954,006	78.50%
Pennsylvania	*Dem	4,913,119	4.17%	9,375,146	52.41%	9,086,897	54.07%	7,781,997	63.13%
Rhode Island	Dem	409,112	29.08%	804,417	50.86%	753,877	54.27%	671,612	60.91%
South Carolina	Rep	1,382,717	15.94%	3,025,380	45.70%	2,944,326	46.96%	2,266,199	61.01%
South Dakota	Rep	316,269	22.73%	554,875	57.00%	548,498	57.66%	471,152	67.13%
Tennessee	*Rep	2,076,181	3.86%	4,316,391	48.10%	4,162,996	49.87%	3,181,108	65.27%
Texas	Rep	6,407,637	21.32%	15,138,468	42.33%	13,033,081	49.16%	10,267,639	62.41%
Utah	Rep	770,754	40.49%	1,534,950	50.21%	1,431,668	53.84%	1,123,238	68.62%
Vermont	***Dem	294,308	9.94%	463,503	63.50%	459,174	64.10%	427,354	68.87%
Virginia	***Rep	2,739,447	8.04%	5,389,008	50.83%	5,069,265	54.04%	3,770,872	72.65%
Washington	**Dem	2,487,433	5.58%	4,419,907	56.28%	4,098,044	60.70%	3,335,714	74.57%
West Virginia	**Rep	648,124	6.32%	1,405,021	46.13%	1,390,365	46.62%	1,066,349	60.78%
Totals		100,951,050		203,512,482	49.60%	184,755,203	54.64%	154,793,139	65.22%

2000 Swing State Breakdown

Category	Total Votes	VAP	VAP Turnout	VEP	VEP Turnout	REG	REG Turnout
Swing States 5.0%
Democrat Safe States	40,226,014	81,230,044	49.52%	70,810,222	56.81%	60,228,768	66.79%
Republican Safe States	33,642,405	71,205,684	47.25%	66,255,438	50.78%	53,689,484	62.66%
Swing States	27,082,631	51,076,754	53.02%	47,689,543	56.79%	40,874,887	66.26%
Swing States 7.5%
Democrat Safe States	33,506,080	69,439,613	48.25%	59,641,476	56.18%	50,033,722	66.97%
Republican Safe States	30,540,484	63,982,391	47.73%	59,581,411	51.26%	48,894,204	62.46%
Swing States	36,904,486	70,090,478	52.65%	65,532,316	56.31%	55,865,213	66.06%
Swing States 10%
Democrat Safe States	33,211,772	68,976,110	48.15%	59,182,302	56.12%	49,606,368	66.95%
Republican Safe States	24,294,013	52,086,802	46.64%	48,355,563	50.24%	39,684,791	61.22%
Swing States	43,445,265	82,449,570	52.69%	77,217,338	56.26%	65,501,980	66.33%

Voter Turnout Performance - 2004

State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	VAP		VEP		REG
State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout
Alabama	Rep	1,883,449	25.62%	3,427,542	54.95%	3,292,608	57.20%	2,597,629	72.51%
Alaska	Rep	312,598	25.55%	476,378	65.62%	452,124	69.14%	472,160	66.21%
Arizona	Rep	2,012,585	10.47%	4,215,706	47.74%	3,717,055	54.14%	2,643,331	76.14%
Arkansas	***Rep	1,054,945	9.76%	2,072,986	50.89%	1,969,208	53.57%	1,684,684	62.62%
California	***Dem	12,421,852	9.95%	26,246,548	47.33%	21,132,533	58.78%	16,557,273	75.02%
Colorado	*Rep	2,130,330	4.67%	3,443,164	61.87%	3,192,647	66.73%	2,404,597	88.59%
Connecticut	Dem	1,578,769	10.37%	2,652,587	59.52%	2,429,634	64.98%	2,044,181	77.23%
Delaware	***Dem	375,190	7.59%	635,370	59.05%	584,817	64.16%	554,194	67.70%
District of Col.	Dem	227,586	79.84%	458,758	49.61%	419,142	54.30%	383,919	59.28%
Florida	**Rep	7,609,810	5.01%	13,643,828	55.77%	11,811,921	64.42%	10,301,290	73.87%
Georgia	Rep	3,301,875	16.60%	6,499,325	50.80%	5,878,186	56.17%	4,158,508	79.40%
Hawaii	***Dem	429,013	8.74%	982,882	43.65%	889,540	48.23%	647,238	66.28%
Idaho	Rep	598,447	38.12%	1,016,255	58.89%	946,160	63.25%	798,015	74.99%
Illinois	Dem	5,274,322	10.34%	9,391,420	56.16%	8,576,696	61.50%	7,499,488	70.33%
Indiana	Rep	2,468,002	20.68%	4,660,157	52.96%	4,504,260	54.79%	4,296,602	57.44%
Iowa	*Rep	1,506,908	0.67%	2,239,979	67.27%	2,156,389	69.88%	1,986,006	75.88%
Kansas	Rep	1,187,756	25.38%	2,032,763	58.43%	1,928,764	61.58%	1,694,365	70.10%
Kentucky	Rep	1,795,882	19.86%	3,157,464	56.88%	3,057,741	58.73%	2,794,286	64.27%
Louisiana	Rep	1,943,106	14.51%	3,379,937	57.49%	3,182,762	61.05%	2,923,395	66.47%
Maryland	Dem	2,386,678	12.98%	4,179,376	57.11%	3,797,264	62.85%	3,070,099	77.74%
Massachusetts	Dem	2,912,388	25.16%	4,935,787	59.01%	4,533,859	64.24%	4,098,634	71.06%
Michigan	*Dem	4,839,252	3.42%	7,508,568	64.45%	7,263,024	66.63%	7,164,047	67.55%
Minnesota	*Dem	2,828,387	3.48%	3,819,020	74.06%	3,609,185	78.37%	3,559,400	79.46%
Mississippi	Rep	1,152,145	19.69%	2,133,681	54.00%	2,068,766	55.69%	1,802,024	63.94%
Missouri	**Rep	2,731,364	7.20%	4,339,414	62.94%	4,180,960	65.33%	4,194,146	65.12%
Montana	Rep	450,445	20.50%	711,858	63.28%	699,114	64.43%	638,474	70.55%
Nevada	*Rep	829,587	2.59%	1,776,962	46.69%	1,501,437	55.25%	1,071,101	77.45%
New Hampshire	*Dem	677,738	1.37%	984,422	68.85%	956,422	70.86%	855,861	79.19%
New Jersey	**Dem	3,611,691	6.68%	6,513,394	55.45%	5,663,201	63.77%	5,005,959	72.15%
New Mexico	*Rep	756,304	0.79%	1,411,419	53.58%	1,282,767	58.96%	1,105,372	68.42%
New York	Dem	7,391,036	18.29%	14,598,898	50.63%	12,738,056	58.02%	11,837,068	62.44%
North Carolina	Rep	3,501,007	12.43%	6,505,150	53.82%	6,055,771	57.81%	5,472,854	63.97%
Ohio	*Rep	5,627,908	2.11%	8,624,277	65.26%	8,427,696	66.78%	7,972,826	70.59%
Oklahoma	Rep	1,463,758	31.14%	2,649,994	55.24%	2,510,823	58.30%	2,143,978	68.27%
Oregon	*Dem	1,836,782	4.16%	2,736,472	67.12%	2,550,887	72.01%	2,141,249	85.78%
Pennsylvania	*Dem	5,769,590	2.50%	9,554,349	60.39%	9,221,962	62.56%	8,366,663	68.96%
Rhode Island	Dem	437,134	20.75%	827,513	52.83%	747,046	58.52%	709,050	61.65%
South Carolina	Rep	1,617,730	17.08%	3,198,733	50.57%	3,055,098	52.95%	2,315,462	69.87%
South Dakota	Rep	388,215	21.47%	576,472	67.34%	569,161	68.21%	502,261	77.29%
Tennessee	Rep	2,437,319	14.27%	4,496,929	54.20%	4,328,446	56.31%	3,336,478	73.05%
Texas	Rep	7,410,765	22.86%	16,284,659	45.51%	13,796,256	53.72%	11,000,678	67.37%
Utah	Rep	927,844	45.54%	1,664,066	55.76%	1,574,463	58.93%	1,278,251	72.59%
Vermont	Dem	312,309	20.14%	480,053	65.06%	470,754	66.34%	444,508	70.26%
Virginia	***Rep	3,198,367	8.20%	5,699,175	56.12%	5,277,156	60.61%	4,181,609	76.49%
Washington	**Dem	2,859,084	7.18%	4,683,829	61.04%	4,272,914	66.91%	3,508,208	81.50%
West Virginia	Rep	755,887	12.86%	1,425,689	53.02%	1,396,545	54.13%	1,168,694	64.68%
Totals		117,223,139		212,953,208	55.05%	192,671,220	60.84%	165,386,115	70.88%

2004 Swing State Breakdown

Category	Total Votes	VAP	VAP Turnout	VEP	VEP Turnout	REG	REG Turnout
Swing States 5.0%
Democrat Safe States	40,217,052	76,586,415	52.51%	66,255,456	60.70%	56,359,819	71.36%
Republican Safe States	50,203,301	94,268,161	53.26%	86,253,348	58.20%	72,399,174	69.34%
Swing States	26,802,786	42,098,632	63.67%	40,162,416	66.74%	36,627,122	73.18%
Swing States 7.5%
Democrat Safe States	33,746,277	65,389,192	51.61%	56,319,341	59.92%	47,845,652	70.53%
Republican Safe States	39,862,127	76,284,919	52.25%	70,260,467	56.73%	57,903,738	68.84%
Swing States	43,614,735	71,279,097	61.19%	66,091,412	65.99%	59,636,725	73.13%
Swing States 10%
Democrat Safe States	20,520,222	37,524,392	54.69%	33,712,451	60.87%	30,086,947	68.20%
Republican Safe States	35,608,815	68,512,758	51.97%	63,014,103	56.51%	52,037,445	68.43%
Swing States	61,094,102	106,916,058	57.14%	95,944,666	63.68%	83,261,723	73.38%

Voter Turnout Performance - 2008

State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	VAP		VEP		REG
State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout
Alabama	Rep	2,099,819	21.58%	3,595,708	58.40%	3,454,510	60.78%	2,841,195	73.91%
Alaska	Rep	326,197	21.54%	507,645	64.26%	479,429	68.04%	495,731	65.80%
Arizona	***Rep	2,293,475	8.52%	4,673,718	49.07%	4,046,075	56.68%	2,987,451	76.77%
Arkansas	Rep	1,086,617	19.85%	2,174,846	49.96%	2,071,563	52.45%	1,684,240	64.52%
California	Dem	13,561,900	24.06%	27,411,094	49.48%	22,261,504	60.92%	17,304,091	78.37%
Colorado	***Dem	2,401,462	8.95%	3,708,955	64.75%	3,382,959	70.99%	2,637,014	91.07%
Connecticut	Dem	1,646,797	22.37%	2,725,917	60.41%	2,471,082	66.64%	2,104,989	78.23%
Delaware	Dem	412,412	25.00%	680,493	60.60%	628,200	65.65%	602,317	68.47%
District of Col.	Dem	265,853	85.92%	481,971	55.16%	432,566	61.46%	426,761	62.30%
Florida	*Dem	8,390,744	2.82%	14,558,436	57.63%	12,687,407	66.13%	11,247,634	74.60%
Georgia	**Rep	3,924,486	5.21%	7,063,638	55.56%	6,281,872	62.47%	5,309,342	73.92%
Hawaii	Dem	453,568	45.26%	1,036,088	43.78%	930,067	48.77%	691,356	65.61%
Idaho	Rep	655,122	25.43%	1,117,842	58.61%	1,029,416	63.64%	863,538	75.86%
Illinois	Dem	5,522,371	25.14%	9,615,700	57.43%	8,681,138	63.61%	7,789,500	70.90%
Indiana	*Dem	2,751,054	1.03%	4,826,231	57.00%	4,653,019	59.12%	4,514,759	60.93%
Iowa	***Dem	1,537,123	9.53%	2,298,515	66.87%	2,216,094	69.36%	2,105,531	73.00%
Kansas	Rep	1,235,872	14.96%	2,100,084	58.85%	1,991,759	62.05%	1,749,759	70.63%
Kentucky	Rep	1,826,620	16.23%	3,277,617	55.73%	3,152,629	57.94%	2,906,809	62.84%
Louisiana	Rep	1,960,761	18.63%	3,342,279	58.67%	3,205,794	61.16%	2,945,618	66.57%
Maryland	Dem	2,631,596	25.44%	4,342,850	60.60%	3,925,117	67.04%	3,428,935	76.75%
Massachusetts	Dem	3,080,985	25.81%	5,058,035	60.91%	4,612,550	66.80%	4,220,488	73.00%
Michigan	Dem	5,001,766	16.47%	7,528,460	66.44%	7,229,512	69.19%	7,470,764	66.95%
Minnesota	Dem	2,910,369	10.24%	3,975,974	73.20%	3,740,142	77.81%	3,742,238	77.77%
Mississippi	Rep	1,289,865	13.17%	2,190,402	58.89%	2,113,347	61.03%	1,895,583	68.05%
Missouri	*Rep	2,925,205	0.13%	4,507,688	64.89%	4,327,572	67.59%	3,795,956	77.06%
Montana	*Rep	490,302	2.26%	755,384	64.91%	741,853	66.09%	668,085	73.39%
Nevada	Dem	967,848	12.49%	2,000,277	48.39%	1,696,831	57.04%	1,207,761	80.14%
New Hampshire	***Dem	710,970	9.61%	1,021,787	69.58%	992,226	71.65%	958,528	74.17%
New Jersey	Dem	3,868,237	15.57%	6,651,284	58.16%	5,776,527	66.96%	5,351,669	72.28%
New Mexico	Dem	830,158	15.13%	1,505,830	55.13%	1,362,629	60.92%	1,192,990	69.59%
New York	Dem	7,640,931	26.86%	14,876,971	51.36%	12,948,969	59.01%	10,816,500	70.64%
North Carolina	*Dem	4,310,789	0.33%	7,096,503	60.75%	6,584,302	65.47%	6,226,204	69.24%
Ohio	*Dem	5,708,350	4.59%	8,757,453	65.18%	8,513,079	67.05%	8,287,665	68.88%
Oklahoma	Rep	1,462,661	31.29%	2,770,219	52.80%	2,619,121	55.85%	2,184,092	66.97%
Oregon	Dem	1,827,864	16.35%	2,916,246	62.68%	2,700,327	67.69%	2,153,914	84.86%
Pennsylvania	Dem	6,013,272	10.32%	9,813,664	61.27%	9,457,942	63.58%	8,755,588	68.68%
Rhode Island	Dem	471,766	27.81%	825,786	57.13%	763,608	61.78%	701,307	67.27%
South Carolina	***Rep	1,920,969	8.98%	3,473,488	55.30%	3,311,044	58.02%	2,580,175	74.45%
South Dakota	***Rep	381,975	8.41%	602,539	63.39%	590,720	64.66%	530,462	72.01%
Tennessee	Rep	2,599,749	15.07%	4,771,926	54.48%	4,563,192	56.97%	3,621,633	71.78%
Texas	Rep	8,077,795	11.77%	17,756,112	45.49%	14,929,810	54.11%	11,677,018	69.18%
Utah	Rep	952,370	28.18%	1,840,087	51.76%	1,700,286	56.01%	1,432,525	66.48%
Vermont	Dem	325,046	37.01%	492,610	65.98%	482,677	67.34%	454,466	71.52%
Virginia	**Dem	3,723,260	6.30%	6,022,123	61.83%	5,555,415	67.02%	4,912,971	75.78%
Washington	Dem	3,036,878	17.18%	5,032,960	60.34%	4,561,163	66.58%	3,630,118	83.66%
West Virginia	Rep	713,451	13.12%	1,453,045	49.10%	1,430,439	49.88%	1,212,117	58.86%
Totals		126,226,680		223,236,480	56.54%	201,287,483	62.71%	174,317,387	72.41%

2008 Swing State Breakdown

Category	Total Votes	VAP	VAP Turnout	VEP	VEP Turnout	REG	REG Turnout
Swing States 5.0%
Democrat Safe States	68,842,432	120,023,590	57.36%	106,809,245	64.45%	92,659,796	74.30%
Republican Safe States	32,807,804	62,711,195	52.32%	56,971,006	57.59%	46,917,288	69.93%
Swing States	24,576,444	40,501,695	60.68%	37,507,232	65.52%	34,740,303	70.74%
Swing States 7.5%
Democrat Safe States	65,119,172	114,001,467	57.12%	101,253,830	64.31%	87,746,825	74.21%
Republican Safe States	28,883,318	55,647,557	51.90%	50,689,134	56.98%	41,607,946	69.42%
Swing States	32,224,190	53,587,456	60.13%	49,344,519	65.30%	44,962,616	71.67%
Swing States 10%
Democrat Safe States	60,469,617	106,972,210	56.53%	94,662,551	63.88%	82,045,752	73.70%
Republican Safe States	24,286,899	46,897,812	51.79%	42,741,295	56.82%	35,509,858	68.39%
Swing States	41,470,164	69,366,458	59.78%	63,883,637	64.92%	56,761,777	73.06%

Voter Turnout Performance - 2012

State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	VAP		VEP		REG
State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout
Alabama	Rep	2,074,338	22.19%	3,707,440	55.95%	3,539,217	58.61%	3,162,135	65.60%
Alaska	Rep	300,495	13.99%	543,763	55.26%	511,792	58.71%	506,434	59.34%
Arizona	***Rep	2,299,254	9.06%	4,959,270	46.36%	4,387,900	52.40%	3,725,362	61.72%
Arkansas	Rep	1,069,468	23.69%	2,242,740	47.69%	2,109,847	50.69%	1,618,328	66.08%
California	Dem	13,038,547	23.12%	28,913,129	45.10%	23,681,837	55.06%	18,245,970	71.46%
Colorado	**Dem	2,569,522	5.37%	3,981,208	64.54%	3,675,871	69.90%	3,644,344	70.51%
Connecticut	Dem	1,558,960	17.33%	2,801,375	55.65%	2,543,202	61.30%	2,218,663	70.27%
Delaware	Dem	413,921	18.63%	715,708	57.83%	663,967	62.34%	632,417	65.45%
District of Col.	Dem	293,764	83.63%	528,848	55.55%	477,582	61.51%	483,600	60.75%
Florida	*Dem	8,474,179	0.88%	15,380,947	55.10%	13,495,057	62.79%	11,934,446	71.01%
Georgia	***Rep	3,900,050	7.82%	7,452,696	52.33%	6,606,607	59.03%	5,428,980	71.84%
Hawaii	Dem	434,697	42.71%	1,088,335	39.94%	982,902	44.23%	705,668	61.60%
Idaho	Rep	652,274	31.91%	1,173,727	55.57%	1,091,410	59.76%	895,834	72.81%
Illinois	Dem	5,242,014	16.87%	9,827,043	53.34%	8,899,143	58.90%	7,520,722	69.70%
Indiana	Rep	2,624,534	10.20%	4,960,376	52.91%	4,755,291	55.19%	4,555,257	57.62%
Iowa	**Dem	1,582,180	5.81%	2,356,209	67.15%	2,251,748	70.26%	2,197,914	71.99%
Kansas	Rep	1,159,971	21.72%	2,162,442	53.64%	2,030,686	57.12%	1,771,252	65.49%
Kentucky	Rep	1,797,212	22.69%	3,368,684	53.35%	3,229,185	55.66%	3,037,153	59.17%
Louisiana	Rep	1,994,065	17.21%	3,495,847	57.04%	3,311,626	60.21%	2,965,751	67.24%
Maryland	Dem	2,707,327	26.08%	4,553,853	59.45%	4,063,582	66.62%	3,694,527	73.28%
Massachusetts	Dem	3,167,767	23.14%	5,263,550	60.18%	4,809,675	65.86%	4,342,841	72.94%
Michigan	***Dem	4,730,961	9.50%	7,625,576	62.04%	7,312,725	64.69%	7,454,553	63.46%
Minnesota	***Dem	2,936,561	7.69%	4,114,820	71.37%	3,861,598	76.05%	3,611,892	81.30%
Mississippi	Rep	1,285,584	11.50%	2,246,931	57.22%	2,166,825	59.33%	2,066,851	62.20%
Missouri	***Rep	2,757,323	9.38%	4,628,500	59.57%	4,432,957	62.20%	4,007,174	68.81%
Montana	Rep	484,048	13.65%	785,454	61.63%	774,476	62.50%	681,608	71.02%
Nevada	**Dem	1,014,918	6.68%	2,105,976	48.19%	1,800,969	56.35%	1,500,818	67.62%
New Hampshire	**Dem	710,972	5.58%	1,047,978	67.84%	1,013,420	70.16%	905,957	78.48%
New Jersey	Dem	3,640,292	17.79%	6,847,503	53.16%	5,918,182	61.51%	5,497,322	66.22%
New Mexico	Dem	783,758	10.15%	1,573,400	49.81%	1,436,363	54.57%	1,254,567	62.47%
New York	Dem	7,081,159	28.18%	15,344,671	46.15%	13,324,107	53.15%	11,969,192	59.16%
North Carolina	*Rep	4,505,372	2.04%	7,496,980	60.10%	6,947,954	64.84%	6,649,188	67.76%
Ohio	*Dem	5,580,847	2.98%	8,896,930	62.73%	8,649,495	64.52%	7,987,203	69.87%
Oklahoma	Rep	1,334,872	33.54%	2,885,093	46.27%	2,713,268	49.20%	2,114,713	63.12%
Oregon	Dem	1,789,270	12.09%	3,050,747	58.65%	2,836,101	63.09%	2,199,360	81.35%
Pennsylvania	**Dem	5,753,670	5.39%	10,037,099	57.32%	9,651,432	59.61%	8,508,015	67.63%
Rhode Island	Dem	446,049	27.46%	834,983	53.42%	768,918	58.01%	732,860	60.86%
South Carolina	Rep	1,964,118	10.47%	3,662,322	53.63%	3,486,838	56.33%	2,875,496	68.31%
South Dakota	Rep	363,815	18.02%	631,472	57.61%	613,190	59.33%	581,753	62.54%
Tennessee	Rep	2,458,577	20.40%	4,976,284	49.41%	4,736,084	51.91%	4,013,242	61.26%
Texas	Rep	7,993,851	15.78%	19,185,395	41.67%	16,119,973	49.59%	13,646,226	58.58%
Utah	Rep	1,017,440	48.04%	1,978,956	51.41%	1,833,339	55.50%	1,513,241	67.24%
Vermont	Dem	299,290	35.60%	502,242	59.59%	493,355	60.66%	461,237	64.89%
Virginia	*Dem	3,854,489	3.87%	6,348,827	60.71%	5,834,676	66.06%	5,428,833	71.00%
Washington	Dem	3,125,516	14.87%	5,329,782	58.64%	4,822,060	64.82%	3,904,959	80.04%
West Virginia	Rep	670,438	26.76%	1,472,642	45.53%	1,447,066	46.33%	1,246,559	53.78%
Totals		123,937,729		233,087,753	53.17%	210,113,498	58.99%	184,100,417	67.32%

2012 Swing State Breakdown

Category	Total Votes	VAP	VAP Turnout	VEP	VEP Turnout	REG	REG Turnout
Swing States 5.0%
Democrat Safe States	63,321,115	118,444,035	53.46%	105,288,739	60.14%	91,687,398	69.06%
Republican Safe States	38,201,727	76,520,034	49.92%	69,897,577	54.65%	60,413,349	63.23%
Swing States	22,414,887	38,123,684	58.80%	34,927,182	64.18%	31,999,670	70.05%
Swing States 7.5%
Democrat Safe States	51,689,853	98,915,565	52.26%	86,895,299	59.49%	74,930,350	68.98%
Republican Safe States	38,201,727	76,520,034	49.92%	69,897,577	54.65%	60,413,349	63.23%
Swing States	34,046,149	57,652,154	59.05%	53,320,622	63.85%	48,756,718	69.83%
Swing States 10%
Democrat Safe States	44,022,331	87,175,169	50.50%	75,720,976	58.14%	63,863,905	68.93%
Republican Safe States	29,245,100	59,479,568	49.17%	54,470,113	53.69%	47,251,833	61.89%
Swing States	50,670,298	86,433,016	58.62%	79,922,409	63.40%	72,984,679	69.43%

Voter Turnout Performance - 2016

State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	VAP		VEP		REG
State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout
Alabama	Rep	2,123,372	27.73%	3,770,142	56.32%	3,609,447	58.83%	3,333,058	63.71%
Alaska	Rep	318,608	14.73%	555,367	57.37%	522,679	60.96%	528,560	60.28%
Arizona	*Rep	2,573,165	3.55%	5,331,034	48.27%	4,740,310	54.28%	4,088,036	62.94%
Arkansas	Rep	1,130,676	26.92%	2,286,625	49.45%	2,140,097	52.83%	1,759,982	64.24%
California	Dem	14,181,604	30.11%	30,201,571	46.96%	25,104,844	56.49%	19,411,771	73.06%
Colorado	*Dem	2,780,247	4.91%	4,305,728	64.57%	3,974,405	69.95%	3,839,303	72.42%
Connecticut	Dem	1,644,920	13.64%	2,821,935	58.29%	2,582,761	63.69%	2,357,733	69.77%
Delaware	Dem	443,814	11.37%	749,872	59.19%	691,720	64.16%	675,663	65.69%
District of Col.	Dem	311,268	86.78%	562,329	55.35%	515,248	60.41%	478,688	65.03%
Florida	*Rep	9,420,039	1.20%	16,565,588	56.87%	14,601,066	64.52%	12,863,773	73.23%
Georgia	**Rep	4,114,732	5.13%	7,828,207	52.56%	6,959,963	59.12%	5,443,046	75.60%
Hawaii	Dem	428,937	32.18%	1,120,465	38.28%	1,012,860	42.35%	749,917	57.20%
Idaho	Rep	690,255	31.77%	1,253,925	55.05%	1,166,706	59.16%	936,529	73.70%
Illinois	Dem	5,536,424	17.06%	9,866,799	56.11%	8,985,443	61.62%	8,029,847	68.95%
Indiana	Rep	2,734,958	19.17%	5,063,393	54.01%	4,849,937	56.39%	4,829,243	56.63%
Iowa	***Rep	1,566,031	9.41%	2,406,915	65.06%	2,288,536	68.43%	2,172,985	72.07%
Kansas	Rep	1,184,402	20.60%	2,192,423	54.02%	2,054,025	57.66%	1,817,927	65.15%
Kentucky	Rep	1,924,149	29.84%	3,430,652	56.09%	3,282,420	58.62%	3,306,120	58.20%
Louisiana	Rep	2,029,032	19.64%	3,571,652	56.81%	3,384,435	59.95%	3,023,241	67.11%
Maryland	Dem	2,781,446	26.42%	4,670,900	59.55%	4,189,616	66.39%	3,970,645	70.05%
Massachusetts	Dem	3,325,046	27.20%	5,442,458	61.09%	4,948,028	67.20%	4,534,974	73.32%
Michigan	*Rep	4,799,284	0.22%	7,744,567	61.97%	7,420,628	64.67%	7,514,055	63.87%
Minnesota	*Dem	2,944,813	1.52%	4,240,423	69.45%	3,973,204	74.12%	3,623,913	81.26%
Mississippi	Rep	1,209,357	17.83%	2,268,089	53.32%	2,191,241	55.19%	2,085,757	57.98%
Missouri	Rep	2,808,605	18.64%	4,710,784	59.62%	4,517,925	62.17%	4,223,787	66.49%
Montana	Rep	497,147	20.42%	817,702	60.80%	804,250	61.81%	694,370	71.60%
Nevada	*Dem	1,125,385	2.42%	2,276,281	49.44%	1,961,587	57.37%	1,679,254	67.02%
New Hampshire	*Dem	744,296	0.37%	1,076,739	69.13%	1,042,795	71.38%	1,016,926	73.19%
New Jersey	Dem	3,874,046	14.10%	6,959,892	55.66%	6,013,656	64.42%	5,808,260	66.70%
New Mexico	***Dem	798,319	8.21%	1,591,069	50.18%	1,464,515	54.51%	1,289,420	61.91%
New York	Dem	7,721,442	22.49%	15,557,982	49.63%	13,604,645	56.76%	12,493,250	61.80%
North Carolina	*Rep	4,741,564	3.66%	7,880,013	60.17%	7,352,501	64.49%	6,896,349	68.75%
Ohio	***Rep	5,496,487	8.13%	9,007,953	61.02%	8,736,808	62.91%	7,861,025	69.92%
Oklahoma	Rep	1,452,992	36.39%	2,965,905	48.99%	2,778,219	52.30%	2,157,450	67.35%
Oregon	Dem	2,001,336	10.98%	3,244,277	61.69%	3,024,174	66.18%	2,553,806	78.37%
Pennsylvania	*Rep	6,165,478	0.72%	10,108,486	60.99%	9,691,160	63.62%	8,722,977	70.68%
Rhode Island	Dem	464,144	15.51%	848,975	54.67%	786,012	59.05%	770,875	60.21%
South Carolina	Rep	2,103,027	14.27%	3,883,145	54.16%	3,709,283	56.70%	3,129,467	67.20%
South Dakota	Rep	370,093	29.79%	653,841	56.60%	631,173	58.64%	595,126	62.19%
Tennessee	Rep	2,508,027	26.01%	5,164,969	48.56%	4,909,426	51.09%	4,110,318	61.02%
Texas	***Rep	8,969,226	9.00%	20,671,564	43.39%	17,448,910	51.40%	15,101,087	59.39%
Utah	Rep	1,131,430	18.08%	2,144,784	52.75%	1,991,885	56.80%	1,576,497	71.77%
Vermont	Dem	315,067	26.41%	506,048	62.26%	494,871	63.67%	471,619	66.81%
Virginia	**Dem	3,984,631	5.32%	6,551,390	60.82%	6,027,152	66.11%	5,604,003	71.10%
Washington	Dem	3,317,019	15.71%	5,691,833	58.28%	5,123,020	64.75%	4,270,270	77.68%
West Virginia	Rep	714,423	42.07%	1,453,201	49.16%	1,423,031	50.20%	1,274,887	56.04%
Totals		131,500,763		242,017,892	54.34%	218,726,617	60.12%	193,675,789	67.90%

2016 Swing State Breakdown

Category	Total Votes	VAP	VAP Turnout	VEP	VEP Turnout	REG	REG Turnout
Swing States 5.0%
Democrat Safe States	51,129,463	96,387,795	53.05%	84,568,565	60.46%	73,470,741	69.59%
Republican Safe States	45,077,029	86,101,238	52.35%	79,400,396	56.77%	69,960,462	64.43%
Swing States	35,294,271	59,528,859	59.29%	54,757,656	64.46%	50,244,586	70.24%
Swing States 7.5%
Democrat Safe States	47,144,832	89,836,405	52.48%	78,541,413	60.03%	67,866,738	69.47%
Republican Safe States	40,962,297	78,273,031	52.33%	72,440,433	56.55%	64,517,416	63.49%
Swing States	43,393,634	73,908,456	58.71%	67,744,771	64.05%	61,291,635	70.80%
Swing States 10%
Democrat Safe States	46,346,513	88,245,336	52.52%	77,076,898	60.13%	66,577,318	69.61%
Republican Safe States	24,930,553	46,186,599	53.98%	43,966,179	56.70%	39,382,319	63.30%
Swing States	60,223,697	107,585,957	55.98%	97,683,540	61.65%	87,716,152	68.66%

Voter Turnout Performance - 2020

State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	VAP		VEP		REG
State	Winner	Total Votes	Margin	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout	Pop.	Turnout
Alabama	Rep	2,323,282	25.46%	3,837,540	60.54%	3,683,055	63.08%	3,708,804	62.64%
Alaska	Rep	359,530	10.06%	551,117	65.24%	525,568	68.41%	595,647	60.36%
Arizona	*Dem	3,387,326	0.31%	5,798,473	58.42%	5,189,000	65.28%	4,735,320	71.53%
Arkansas	Rep	1,219,069	27.62%	2,331,171	52.29%	2,182,375	55.86%	1,828,811	66.66%
California	Dem	17,500,881	29.16%	30,783,255	56.85%	25,962,648	67.41%	22,047,448	79.38%
Colorado	Dem	3,256,980	13.50%	4,595,504	70.87%	4,313,054	75.51%	4,261,765	76.42%
Connecticut	Dem	1,823,857	20.07%	2,839,560	64.23%	2,603,327	70.06%	2,505,076	72.81%
Delaware	Dem	504,346	18.97%	780,822	64.59%	720,531	70.00%	739,570	68.19%
District of Col.	Dem	344,356	86.75%	582,065	59.16%	540,685	63.69%	517,890	66.49%
Florida	*Rep	11,067,456	3.36%	17,543,341	63.09%	15,551,739	71.17%	14,441,869	76.63%
Georgia	*Dem	4,999,960	0.24%	8,255,108	60.57%	7,383,562	67.72%	7,220,342	69.25%
Hawaii	Dem	574,469	29.46%	1,114,466	51.55%	1,007,920	57.00%	832,466	69.01%
Idaho	Rep	868,014	30.77%	1,384,683	62.69%	1,292,701	67.15%	1,082,417	80.19%
Illinois	Dem	6,033,744	16.99%	9,832,749	61.36%	9,027,082	66.84%	8,364,099	72.14%
Indiana	Rep	3,033,121	16.06%	5,214,546	58.17%	5,000,007	60.66%	4,751,708	63.83%
Iowa	***Rep	1,690,871	8.20%	2,439,743	69.31%	2,321,131	72.85%	2,243,758	75.36%
Kansas	Rep	1,372,303	14.65%	2,223,238	61.73%	2,087,946	65.73%	1,938,560	70.79%
Kentucky	Rep	2,136,768	25.94%	3,479,257	61.41%	3,312,250	64.51%	3,565,428	59.93%
Louisiana	Rep	2,148,062	18.61%	3,557,594	60.38%	3,373,932	63.67%	3,093,004	69.45%
Maryland	Dem	3,037,030	33.21%	4,729,400	64.22%	4,313,416	70.41%	4,422,747	68.67%
Massachusetts	Dem	3,631,402	33.46%	5,566,452	65.24%	5,072,901	71.58%	4,812,909	75.45%
Michigan	*Dem	5,539,302	2.78%	7,870,864	70.38%	7,550,147	73.37%	8,061,525	68.71%
Minnesota	**Dem	3,277,171	7.11%	4,378,737	74.84%	4,118,462	79.57%	3,848,041	85.16%
Mississippi	Rep	1,313,759	16.55%	2,279,412	57.64%	2,201,950	59.66%	2,147,518	61.18%
Missouri	Rep	3,025,962	15.39%	4,794,796	63.11%	4,603,060	65.74%	4,318,758	70.07%
Montana	Rep	603,674	16.37%	851,663	70.88%	837,298	72.10%	752,538	80.22%
Nevada	*Dem	1,405,376	2.39%	2,450,946	57.34%	2,153,915	65.25%	2,062,466	68.14%
New Hampshire	**Dem	806,205	7.35%	1,115,916	72.25%	1,079,434	74.69%	1,119,232	72.03%
New Jersey	Dem	4,549,353	15.94%	6,952,008	65.44%	6,158,999	73.87%	6,407,297	71.00%
New Mexico	Dem	923,965	10.79%	1,634,037	56.54%	1,515,355	60.97%	1,351,811	68.35%
New York	Dem	8,594,826	23.11%	15,372,655	55.91%	13,670,596	62.87%	13,555,547	63.40%
North Carolina	*Rep	5,524,804	1.35%	8,328,642	66.33%	7,759,051	71.20%	7,361,219	75.05%
Ohio	***Rep	5,922,202	8.03%	9,144,626	64.76%	8,859,167	66.85%	8,073,829	73.35%
Oklahoma	Rep	1,560,699	33.09%	3,031,792	51.48%	2,845,835	54.84%	2,259,113	69.08%
Oregon	Dem	2,374,321	16.09%	3,405,863	69.71%	3,196,425	74.28%	2,944,588	80.63%
Pennsylvania	*Dem	6,915,283	1.16%	10,186,170	67.89%	9,781,976	70.69%	9,090,962	76.07%
Rhode Island	Dem	517,757	20.77%	857,507	60.38%	799,642	64.75%	800,378	64.69%
South Carolina	Rep	2,513,329	11.68%	4,116,633	61.05%	3,926,305	64.01%	3,513,225	71.54%
South Dakota	Rep	422,609	26.16%	675,016	62.61%	648,104	65.21%	578,655	73.03%
Tennessee	Rep	3,053,851	23.21%	5,391,220	56.64%	5,124,867	59.59%	4,261,137	71.67%
Texas	**Rep	11,315,056	5.58%	22,058,260	51.30%	18,784,280	60.24%	16,955,519	66.73%
Utah	Rep	1,488,289	20.48%	2,343,384	63.51%	2,191,487	67.91%	1,716,857	86.69%
Vermont	Dem	367,428	35.41%	511,637	71.81%	499,884	73.50%	506,312	72.57%
Virginia	Dem	4,460,524	10.11%	6,727,440	66.30%	6,196,071	71.99%	5,975,752	74.64%
Washington	Dem	4,087,631	19.20%	6,070,046	67.34%	5,437,844	75.17%	4,892,871	83.54%
West Virginia	Rep	794,731	38.93%	1,422,098	55.88%	1,394,028	57.01%	1,268,460	62.65%
Totals		152,670,934		249,411,452	61.21%	226,799,012	67.32%	211,533,248	72.17%

2020 Swing State Breakdown

Category	Total Votes	VAP	VAP Turnout	VEP	VEP Turnout	REG	REG Turnout
Swing States 5.0%
Democrat Safe States	66,666,246	107,850,119	61.81%	96,234,276	69.27%	89,905,799	74.15%
Republican Safe States	47,165,181	81,127,789	58.14%	75,195,346	62.72%	68,653,746	68.70%
Swing States	38,839,507	60,433,544	64.27%	55,369,390	70.15%	52,973,703	73.32%
Swing States 7.5%
Democrat Safe States	62,582,870	102,355,466	61.14%	91,036,380	68.74%	84,938,526	73.68%
Republican Safe States	35,850,125	59,069,529	60.69%	56,411,066	63.55%	51,698,227	69.34%
Swing States	54,237,939	87,986,457	61.64%	79,351,566	68.35%	74,896,495	72.42%
Swing States 10%
Democrat Safe States	62,582,870	102,355,466	61.14%	91,036,380	68.74%	84,938,526	73.68%
Republican Safe States	28,237,052	47,485,160	59.47%	45,230,768	62.43%	41,380,640	68.24%
Swing States	61,851,012	99,570,826	62.12%	90,531,864	68.32%	85,214,082	72.58%

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