What percentage of eligible voters voted in the 2010 election?

Answer 1

According to the Washington Post, "Overall, turnout in the midterm elections was projected at 42 percent of registered voters, about 1.2 percentage points higher than in 2006." (It should be noted that even though there was a slightly larger turnout than in 2006, about 58% of voters stayed home.) Also, according to most polls, the makeup of the electorate this time was different: there was a large "enthusiasm gap," such that Republicans voted in larger percentages than Democrats did; also, younger voters decreased, as did minority voters; and older voters, as well as white voters, came out in larger numbers than in 2008.

82.5 million people voted, many of whom were spurred by anger over the lingering recession. But it is worth noting that this number was far fewer than the more than 131 million people who voted in the presidential election of 2008-- generally, presidential elections bring out a much greater number of voters than midterm elections do.

Answer 2

Based on US news media outlets, approximately 58% of eligible voters voted in the 2012 US presidential elections. This percentage is common for the average presidential elections since the end of World War Two.

Answer 3

Approximately 41.8% of eligible voters participated in the 2010 election.