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Over half of eligible voters cast ballots in November’s midterm election.
Indiana had 51 percent average turnout across the state. This is the highest voter turnout for Indiana during a midterm election since 1994. Slightly over two million people voted out of the four and half million eligible voters.
Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, announced these results along with data on each Indiana County, today. Henry County comes in first place with 64 percent voter turnout.
Brown County had the third highest voter turnout in the state, with 61 percent of registered voters casting ballots. Greene County follows with 58 percent voter turnout. Finally, Monroe county had 54 percent and Lawrence County reached 51 percent.
Brown, Greene, Monroe and Lawrence counties were at or above the statewide average. The lowest turnout is a tie between Vigo and Madison Counties.
Based on preliminary data, the national average for all voter turnout in November’s midterm election currently stands at 49.3 percent, which puts Indiana above the median for state voter turnout. That’s a statistically huge increase over previous midterm elections for Indiana. Since 2002, Indiana was one of the five states with the lowest midterm voter turnout. In 2014, the last midterm election, Indiana’s voter participation rate was at just 28 percent.
Voter turnout is always higher in presidential election years than in mid-terms. In the 2016 general election, Indiana was 36th out of fifty states for voter turnout, with 56 percent of voters casting ballots in 2016.
Information on voter turnout is available online at the Secretary of state’s website: that address is IN.gov/SOS.
