America's 10 LEAST VOTING States | The States with the Lowest Voter Turnout

[@jimspies2775]

51yo, voted in every single election possible (local and federal) that I've been eligible for. Missouri voter, while my state didn't make either list, I'd assume its closer to the low end than high. I just want to compliment you on a straightforward, factual video that did not make ONE political statement (not that any of your videos really do, just saying that a voting one has more of a temptation than others). Thanks!

[@TheFreeAgent2024]

When it comes to low voter turnout, one can argue that gerrymandering plays a major role

[@citrustaco]

One can also argue that being in a very low populated rural area is a major role as well as they may be many miles away from a polling place. Such is life in the middle of nowhere.

[@Newbmann]

If that would be the case then nevada wouldnt have any turnout. Its a swing state where 100% of house races go to one party. Worse than Ohio Worse than Wisconsin Worse than Illinois Worse than New York. Probably the most gerrymandered state in the country Yet nevada still has good turnout.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@citrustacoI’m reminded of a little town in Lamar County, GA just west of Barnesville called Aldora. Maybe around 100 people live there, but you wouldn’t know it from the latest census, because none of them responded and the recorded population there is zero.

[@danthemusclefiber]

Having voted in both Indiana and Michigan, there are several reasons turnout between the two states is so different. Here are three off the top of my head: 1. Michigan is a swing state where voters feel they have more of an impact on the country than solidly Republican Indiana. 2. It's significantly easier to vote absentee in Michigan than Indiana. Indiana has voters give a justification to vote absentee (which can be rejected), Michigan does not need such a justification. 3. Michigan can pass around petitions that can become statewide ballot initiatives. Indiana does not have such a process for direct democracy. Indiana has had in-person early voting for a longer time, but Michigan has recently caught up, with a ballot initiative in 2022 which allows for early in-person voting starting earlier this year.

[@mdrdprtcl]

Michigan > Indiana all day 👏

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@mdrdprtclI’d have to figure that out for myself. I have relatives in Indiana, but they have a summer place up in Michigan. Probably if I visit then I’ll be able to judge, but for now I assume Michigan’s probably a better state to visit than Indiana because Michigan has much more coastline along the Great Lakes, and plenty of wilderness in the north I’d enjoy if I had a canoe.

[@dogood8750]

Something to note 2020 had the highest voter turnout in nearly 100 years

[@MileageMike485]

True

[@ChasetheG]

8 Red States 2 Blue States 0 Swing States

[@johngonzales6510]

It’s crazy how differently New York and New Jersey votes, considering that they are neighbors

[@aaronscholl9560]

Low voter turnout in Indiana is mostly due to the fact that the Democrat party is nearly catatonic here. No competitive races = no reason to vote

[@danthemusclefiber]

It was certainly the case in 2020. Trump was a foregone conclusion on the presidential level, Holcomb was a moderate who didn't drive negative voter turnout for the gubernatorial race, and there was no senate race. It sounds like there's a relatively close race for the governor's seat this time around between McCormick and Braun, but I don't know if that will have an effect for turnout.

[@kibble-net]

"Democratic Party" or just plain "Democrats". Pick one. "Democrat Party" is a pejorative term coined by the right wing...

[@JaySmith-pv2mw]

I was surprised because most midwestern states have higher turnouts.

[@MichelleP-t7o]

Vote blue

[@Newbmann]

If that was the case I would have expected higher turnout in 2010 after it flipped blue 2018 also had a very competative senate race as did 2012 Turnout there was still low.

[@zachesherman]

Mississippi has no early voting. This is a HUUUUGE part of the problem.

[@malcolmrobinson8551]

Alabama doesn't have early voting either i wish we had it though.

[@2Consumed]

Wow...

[@Selmarya]

@@malcolmrobinson8551yeah, I think with the exception of urban counties like Madison and Jefferson, there is no early voting

[@BradRains]

50 y/o Pennsylvanian here. I've never registered to vote, nor do I have a desire to vote. To me these politicians just say what you want to hear to get themselves in the office politicians are going for. Once in said office, they do their own thing anyway.

[@SymphoniasStories]

I live in Maryland. We did early voting; but it doesn't feel like it makes any difference if we vote or not. But I can't complain about the results if I don't vote.

[@Flawless_Shooter]

Man this List showing how people don’t give two craps about the election

[@stevetournay6103]

They may after it's too late...

[@MileageMike485]

💯

[@jakkew5753]

Being from Tennessee, I'm not surprised we're in the bottom. Not only is the state not competitive, but we have one of the highest rates of felony disenfranchisement. Not only that, but the state is so noncompetitive that nearly all state-level races are decided in the primaries, which typically have about 5-10% turnout. At that rate, practically everyone who votes probably knows the person they're voting for. You don't have to be the best candidate; you just have to be the most popular.

[@stevenpresement2739]

Interesting to see if there is a correlation between education levels and voter turnout .

[@geardo3635]

New York probably due in large part to NYC where there is so many solid blue districts there seems no reason to come out plus some elections other than federal have no competition

[@splashesin8]

Yes, both times and all the in between times that I could make it happen. Already did last Thursday. I think there's a lot of intimidation tactics in Texas, and suspect Alabama and Oklahoma the same situation. I noticed it more so since 2020.

[@history_leisure]

Some of the states are fairly rural, which might make it difficult to reach the polling place. Minnesota kind of bucks that-but most live in the Twin Cities metro or fairly close to corridors toward there vs more scattered settlements

[@SirFlamealot]

61% of the population is in the MSP metro. Also MN voting is first to open nationwide, combine that with a unique Dem base

[@davidmblabla]

I can speak for Oklahoma. I live here. The problem is that most Oklahoma's don't see the point in voting. They figure it's going to swing towards the Republicans. I bet that we can turn this into a swing state if everybody got onboard and voted.

[@GarrettWorcester]

When my late wife and I moved to Oklahoma in the early-mid 2000s, we were surprised to learn-verified or not-that there were more *registered* Democrats in the state than Republicans. As you said, many of them don't bother with the voting process, but it would sure be cool if they did.

[@redfox_84]

Oklahoma is not even close to being a swing state. That won't be changing anytime soon. Dems lost every county in 2020. There's people saying the same thing about Arkansas, which is moving further to the right every 4 years.

[@davidmblabla]

@@redfox_84 it's 51% Republicans in Oklahoma 19% independent 28% Democrat 1% libertarian. We had Democratic governors can Democrats do win locally elections can Democrats do when seats in the legislation. So I hold my idea that we could become a swing state. Everybody said the same thing about Georgia remember.

[@Newbmann]

​​@@davidmblablathe problem with the downballot elections democrats win is there all low turnout. Its the same way kentucky has a democrat gouvernor or virginia has a republican gouvernor low turnout it can be competative Not when everyone votes.

[@davidmblabla]

@Newbmann what I find fascinating is that those who are eligible to vote are not registered. And to add to that, most of the people that are not registered to vote, would register Democrat. These people that I have spoken with has stated that they don't see no point in it because there is such a strong Republican hold on the state. I have always argued that if enough people register as an independent or a Democrat, this issue can be fixed. I myself am registered as an independent

[@samuelskillern7365]

I had no idea that I'd be sharing my voting patterns on one of my comfort channels, but I have been able to vote since 2018 and have been. All state and local candidates I've voted for were Democrats while my only Presidential pick was a protest vote for Brian Carroll and my next one will more than likely be a protest vote for Claudia De La Cruz. Live in a blue state in the Midwest, btw.

[@LawyerCalhoun1]

Ii always vote, but not necessarily in every contest.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

I wonder where my home state (Georgia) fares with voter turnout. Due to our recently acquired status as a swing state, I’d imagine we’re in the upper half since there’s a lot more motivation among people to vote, but at the same time we’re not known as the easiest place to vote. The polling station at my family’s hometown had rather long lines in 2020, and folks I know there predict it to be even longer this year, but at least we have some form of early voting.

[@cobravenum]

I could not vote in 2020 but did this year, GA.

[@frankrebollar6395]

2020 was the 1st presidential election that I didn’t vote, since I could vote in 2004.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

It's not a coincidence that most of the bottom states aren't usually competitive nationally. As for the top 10... I was surprised by the top four. Minnesota makes sense but I did not expect three solidly blue states in the top four

[@EMo5ive]

No surprises for me. It’s been shown over and over that when more people vote, the more a state turns blue. Republican policies just aren’t that popular, and they are only clinging to power through broken systems of the Electoral College and gerrymandering.

[@azarsuibian3538]

A lot of the most Democratic states stay that way because they continue to vote.

[@terellmurray]

I am super curious of how these states turn out this year.

[@UnicornDreamsPastelSkies]

Oregon born and raised, no surprise they and WA are so high, the conservatives and liberals both are fiercely vocal of their respective causes, a blessing and (increasingly) a curse at the same time for those states. Now I live in Ohio ATM, a former key swing state that has become reliably red after Obama. There's Issue 1 on the state ballot this year which if it passes will end gerrymandering here, so we'll see if voter turnout goes higher or lower thanks to that end result in due time.

[@ivy_47]

Sent in my early ballot in DC 🤪

[@overworlder]

Interesting. Your vote is worth more in a low-turnout state.

[@SRMkay]

It really is a shame that there are states where almost half the population does not, or cannot, vote. Certainly some of this is voter apathy, but in other cases it's just a matter of folks not being able to vote. Whether it's poor vote-by-mail/early voting access or no way to get to the polls in-person on election day, certainly a large portion of those not voting would very much like to vote.

[@ArneAsada69]

I’m shocked Vermont is a top 10 voting state. They always seem to be bickering and in turn going to the polls.

[@Miami543210]

I am a Florida resident in my 50s. And I have never voted for a single election in my life. I just don’t care who wins what. I just have no interest in politics, and I have no opinion on any of the top political issues.

[@stuartlee6622]

Kackala doesn't have a chance!

[@EMo5ive]

Based on what from this video?

[@raydaniel2490]

In your delirious MAGA dreams.

[@SirFlamealot]

@@raydaniel2490lol

[@comsetoc]

Not voting here, ny

[@wiseowl2323]

Same in TX - the national level is a lost cause, as are most states.

[@kibble-net]

Texas, here's your chance to do something historic! Don't drop the ball!

[@b00biejingles]

Nah the voters will still choose red as usual except in Austin

[@Mike-kc5ew]

@@b00biejingles well, El Paso, and then Houston as of late tend to vote blue. But yeah, most of the rest of Texas is red currently. Though, every election that majority keeps going down.

[@GustafUNL]

As a Texan, I'm proud to say I voted republican all through my ballot in early voting a few days ago. ;)

[@azarsuibian3538]

@@b00biejinglesTexas has been trending left and has the numbers. It really just needs a good final push and it will be blue lol. 2012: 15.79% 2016: 8.99% 2020: 5.58% Like if it has the same political shift that it had between 2012 and 2016, it’s voting Democratic. Not to mention Ted Cruz could definitely lose his Senate seat. He struggles to keep it lol.

[@b00biejingles]

@@azarsuibian3538 Still don't see it turning blue anytime soon regardless of the trends.

[@lamarr912]

I early voted in North Carolina. I’ll move to South Carolina or Virginia before I could see myself in NC ran by Mark Robinson.

[@888jerm888]

Mark Robinson LOST!!

[@octonoozle]

I voted for Wario.

[@jeffm9770]

With so many of these states close to each other (AL, MS, AR, OK, TX, I have to wonder if the states are creating some kind of barrier to greater participation.

[@azarsuibian3538]

They don’t have the most voter friendly legislation. If you compare them to states like Minnesota, it paints part of the picture. I’d argue better civic education would help as well.

[@jeffm9770]

@azarsuibian3538 good point about education. Those states always rank low in rankings videos that take education into account.

[@titaniumvideos1039]

Vote RED if you want to save the country guys

[@007fan091]

From who? Nazis?

[@EMo5ive]

You guys have been in the minority for decades. The only thing giving you any political power is the broken systems of the Electoral College and gerrymandering.

[@GustafUNL]

Fr. The amount of dems in this comment section is worrying...

[@jermainec2462]

Shidd 😂😂

[@SantaFe19484]

All the states that are almost to go a certain way have the lowest turnout.

[@anareel4562]

Thank you for being non partisan about this, would be nice if the commenters would be the same.

[@EMo5ive]

There’s a clear partisan divide with the results. Politics is literally partisan LOL. You’re in the wrong place.

[@anareel4562]

@@EMo5ive the results may show a partisan divide but at least HE didn't push 1 side or the other... Room temp IQ comment

[@markmccormack1796]

She wants to turn the page from the Biden and Harris years? Is that what she means by turn the page?

[@MichelleP-t7o]

I voted. Arkansan here. VOTE BLUE

[@untoldmysteries6283]

Same here.

[@888jerm888]

@@untoldmysteries6283Glad you did your job but we can't reach everyone else to do theirs.

[@GustafUNL]

This comments section is a bit concerning. A lot of lefties.

[@jermainec2462]

You thought it was going to be a lot of righties ?😂😂😂

[@stevetournay6103]

Intriguing: I think most of these percentages are higher than a Canadian average...of course we haven't got anybody on either side currently trying to do away with our democracy...so we have less on the line.

[@titaniumvideos1039]

I mean you do have turdo

[@redfox_84]

who is trying to do away with democracy 🤦‍♂

[@UserName-ts3sp]

Trudeau seems like a moron as an American outsider

[@simoncohen9323]

Nobody in America is trying to do away with democracy however Justin is doing a great job of screwing up Canada even more then it is

[@Clickworker101]

Voting Blue

[@darronweber7983]

Your an moron!

[@888jerm888]

Happy 😊 that you did

[@SirFlamealot]

Welp. My political model has Trump winning. Good stuff if you want more info