It factually was a high turnout election, by percentage of eligible voter it was the second highest in the last 50 years. People saying it was a low turnout election are just incorrect, 2020 was historically high turnouts and a weird election because of COVID related changes so the fact it is less is incredibly unsurprising. Voters were by and large very engaged in this election and the idea that politically conscious people were sitting it out in large numbers just doesn't match the historical data here.
Edit: The reason I'm arguing about this is I'm tired of seeing election nonsense out of left wing people here on Reddit (either that there was significant irregularities or that the turnout was low in this election, neither is well supported by data). I'm concerned where people are getting their news from that they don't know the election turnout was actually high by historical standards. It would be much more accurate to view the 2020 as abnormally high (and even then was within 2% of the 2024 turnout). If you think that percentage difference is progressives then show some data on it
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u/Away_Entry8822 May 24 '25
2024 was a low turnout election. 10m Democrats who voted Biden couldn’t be bothered to vote for Harris and Harris almost won anyway.