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captain queeg

(11,780 posts) Sun Feb 25, 2024, 11:13 AM Feb 2024

What percentage of voters vote in the primaries?

And how does that number compare to the number that votes in the general election? I know voter turnout can vary quite a bit. I believe the turnout for 2020 was higher than usual. I think 2024 will see an even higher rate and rightly so. If trump wins it will be the last American election and the end of America as we know it.

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What percentage of voters vote in the primaries? (Original Post) captain queeg Feb 2024 OP

In 2016 (the last competitive Primary on both sides) brooklynite Feb 2024 #1

I suspect way less this cycle since both nominees for president have essentially already been determined MichMan Feb 2024 #2

It is very low which is a reason that I'll pay no mind TheKentuckian Feb 2024 #3

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

1. In 2016 (the last competitive Primary on both sides)

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 11:23 AM

Feb 2024

60 M voted in the Republican and Democratic Primaries. 130 M voted in the General Election.

MichMan

(17,160 posts)

2. I suspect way less this cycle since both nominees for president have essentially already been determined

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Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:07 PM

Feb 2024

TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)

3. It is very low which is a reason that I'll pay no mind

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:27 PM

Feb 2024

to calls for a political Revolution even if I agree with it until the lazy ass howlers bother to wage the battle of the primary.

If they cannot bother to do that then I have no reason to believe anything more difficult will happen.

Whining on the internet for the people that actually bothered to show up to vote as you would if you could deign to participate is loser shit.

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