any interest in a "voter-turnout" Over/Under prediction thread, opposed to just a "who's gonna win"?

Politics & Elections
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in the same vein as figuring that a Cubs/Yankees World Series, or a Patriots/Cowboys Super Bowl would shatter any prior TV ratings numbers, this election feels like it could obliterate any prior record number of people (like myself) getting off their lazy asses to go and vote…

per this Wikipedia link, the past six voter turnouts have been as follows:
1992 Clinton (44.9M votes) vs Bush Sr (39.1M) vs Ross Perot (19.7M) – ~$104.6M out of $189.4M eligible voters = 55.2%

1996 Clinton (47.4M votes) vs Dole (39.2M) vs Ross Perot (8.1M) – ~$96.4M out of $196.8M eligible voters = 49.0%

2000 Gore (51.0M votes) vs Bush Jr (50.5M) – ~$105.6M out of $209.8M eligible voters = 50.3%

2004 Bush Jr (62.0M votes) vs Kerry (59.0M) – ~$122.3M out of $219.6M eligible voters = 55.7%

2008 Obama (69.5M votes) vs McCain (59.9M) – ~$131.4M out of $229.9M eligible voters = 57.1%

2012 Obama (65.9M votes) vs Romney (60.9M) – ~$129.2M out of $235.2M eligible voters = 54.9%
I don’t think any of us at this point expect a landslide victory one way or the other, but any predictions as far as turnout? The 131.4M votes cast in 2008 seems to be the mark to beat - any chance we get to 135M? certainly not 140M??

what about “percentage of people eligible to vote, who actually get out and do it”? Since 1968, the highest percentage turnout was - again - 2008, with 57.1%. Any chance this year breaks the 60.0% barrier?

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I expect turnout to be down from 2008 highs and probably under the 2012 levels in terms of absolute numbers of votes cast and turnout percentage. Too many ambivalent or discouraged voters this time.

IMHO, the high marks in terms of voter participation tend to coincide with candidates whom are particularly inspiring to a disaffected portion of the electorate. And while Hillary Clinton may be inspiring to many, particularly women, women already lead men in turnout percentage across all ages groups except the 75+ bracket (2008 numbers per Wikipedia). I just don’t think that leaves enough room to pull in previous non-voting women.

Crunching some rough numbers I’d estimate a total of about 119 million votes cast in the presidential race.

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Five states have marijuana referendums this year. I imagine that could bump numbers up a bit.

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Are voters normally denominated in dollars?

What is one voter in CAD?