Voter Turnout 2008 Elections

Michael McDonald discusses voter turnout in the 2008 Presidential election. Since the actual numbers were not out by the time this video was made the numbers given are estimates. In the video it is estimated that 61 % of eligible adults voted in the 2008 election, which is pretty similar to the last Presidential election. The turnout has been in the 50’s and 60’s for the last hundred years. What was interesting about this video was that we had a higher turnout than Canada in their last presidential election. Also I did not know that some “red states” have been experiencing a decline in voter turnout.