Those 103 women, combined with 10 female Senators not up for re-election, make for a total of 113 women in Congress, beating the previous record of 107 women in Congress before the midterms. 2018 youth voter turnout exceeds 2014 levels in at least 12 states, with those rates doubling in Texas, Nevada, New Jersey, and Georgia.ĭemocratic congresswoman-elect Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey is one of the women who won their general election races in the 2018 midterms.Īn all-time record number of women ran for - and won - Congressional races in 2018, breaking the record for the number of women serving in the the US Congress.įemale candidates won their primaries to become their respective parties' nominees in 235, or 45%, of House races, breaking the 2016 record of 167.Ī record-breaking 103 women so far have won election to Congress. Voter turnout especially spiked among young voters under 30, a historically unreliable voting bloc. In 27 states, the total number of early ballots cast was greater the total number cast in the 2014 midterms, with the biggest leaps in turnout rates occurring in Florida, Texas, and Georgia–which set a historical record for the highest-ever early voter turnout in a midterm election. For comparison, just 36% of eligible voters voted in 2014. That rate breaks the previous record of 48.7% in 1966, and is the highest turnout rate in a midterm election since 1914. While not all provisional, absantee, and overseas ballots have been counted yet, McDonald said Sunday that per his count, 115.9 million eligible voters had voted in the midterms, translating to an overall turnout rate of 49.2%. ![]() ![]() Over 40 million Americans are expected to have voted between absentee in the 2018 midterm elections when all ballots are counted, a stunning 32% increase over the 27.2 million who voted in 2014, according to Michael McDonald, Director of the Universiy of Florida Elections Project. Voter turnout is typically quite low in non presidential elections, but this year saw record levels of both early and total voter turnout, with 39 million Americans estimated to have voted early. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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