Midterm Turn Up!

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How did 2018 midterm election turnout compare to all other midterm elections over the past century?

1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. How often do you get these predictions right, anyway?

3. What most surprised you about this data?

4. What question do you have about this data?

5. How did 2018 midterm election turnout compare to all other midterm elections over the past century?

6. Why do you think that is?

7. What is a consequence of that?

8. In general, how would you characterize midterm election turnout in the U.S.?

9. Based on your knowledge of U.S. politics and U.S. history, how do you explain that?

10. What usually happens to the party of the president when there is high midterm turnout?*

11. If you had to bet, what do you think midterm voter turnout would look like over the next decade?

12. What has been the average midterm turnout over the past century?

13. How does midterm turnout compare to presidential election turnout?*

14. How do you explain that difference?

15. In the highest U.S. midterm election turnout of the whole entire century, less than half of the people who could have voted (Voting Eligible Population or VEP), did. How do you think that compares to other countries?*

16. As the U.S. House has begun an impeachment inquiry this has energized the Republican and the Democratic base. How do you think this will impact voter turnout in 2020?

17. What states have the highest voter turnout?*

18. What was the percentage of voter turnout for 18-29 year-olds in the last midterm elections?*

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AP U.S. Government and Politics

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Read College Student Voting Doubled In 2018. What It Could Mean For 2020.

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Register to vote!!!! In many states, you don't even have to be 18 to register, you just have to be 18 by election day: Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

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