82% is the highest percentage of voter turnout

[liberal N proud]

That happened in 1876 when Rutherford B Hayes was elected.

With numbers like that, it is easy to get the crap we have elected.

I have always said if we could get every Voter to vote, the Republican Party would be gone.

Hope 2020 beats that record but not the aftermath. The election was not decided until March the following year.

[captain queeg]

1. Agreed. I don't think have gotten much over 60% in a long time

[Iggo]

2. When we vote, we win.

[dem4decades]

3. CBS Sunday Morning did a segment on that election, scary.

It was decided by a partisan vote by a commission. Like a Supreme Court might do. Worth the watch if you can find it.

[csziggy]

4. Here is that segment

Stopping my program to watch it now.

[relayerbob]

5. In 1876, those were all white land-owners

which represented a small percentage of the population. I want to see a high turnout, but we can't compare to something like that. I hope we can hit 70+%, and yes, we need to get rid of apathy.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Individual states can have much higher turnout.

Especially, the states that do all mail-in ballots.

Oregon, for instances, regularly has over 80% turnout during Presidential years.