# Voter turnout numbers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401 "2000-11-30T17:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/1 "2000-11-30T17:56:29Z")
How many eligible voters did not vote in the recent election? How many in 1996? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/2 "2000-11-30T23:26:32Z")
You don’t _seriously_ mean to tell me sup[/sup] that _no one_ who reads these boards knows where to find this information? C’mon, Dopers, you’re fallin’ asleep on the job here! ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/3 "2000-11-30T23:38:08Z")
You don’t mean to _seriously_ tell us, that with these figures having been printed on every news site on the internet, that you can’t find this on your own? Stop bumping threads so quick. After a day or so, maybe one bump. In the future, bumps after six mere hours or a second bump gets a closed thread. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/4 "2000-11-30T23:42:38Z")
Manny, I _have_ searched, and have only been able to find numbers on 1996. And I didn’t bump it till it went to page two. If I waited 24 hours, it would likely be seen by the same “shift” of dopers: I was hoping to put it before the evening shift. Excuse me for bumping twice in as many days, but that’s also, you’ll notice, the only two times I’ve _ever_ bumped a thread: I usually get a better response than 0 for 2. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/5 "2000-11-30T23:58:06Z")
I popped over to MSNBC and threw the word “turnout” into the search engine. > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. Complete with chart. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/6 "2000-12-01T00:06:33Z")
Thanks, Manny. I’d found that reference, but it only gives hard numbers up to 1996. I guess the answer is that there _are_ no hard numbers yet for 2000. ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/7 "2000-12-01T00:17:23Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > In spite of nationwide reports about long waits and crowded polling stations, only _about 51 percent_\* of the electorate—around 105 million people—actually went to the polls to cast a vote On the other hand, I don’t trust this number yet. On election day they were actually reporting numbers in the 60’s. Now suddenly it’s only 51. Who knows what it will be next week. I certainly don’t trust VNS worth a damn anymore. Maybe we need a…no, I’m not gonna say it. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/8 "2000-12-01T00:21:02Z")
Not sure of your response, ren. You seem to start out by contradicting me–quoting from the article (which I have already read, btw). But then you point out exactly why I say there don’t seem to be any hard numbers yet. ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-turnout-numbers/43401/9 "2000-12-01T00:50:01Z")
maybe I’m turning into handy. Uh oh.