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The 2020 election had a record turnout in Missouri and throughout the United States. Can we keep this momentum going, or is this a fluke?
More than 3 million Missouri voters cast ballots in this year’s presidential election. It was the first time the state exceeded that threshold. Boone County had a 1.6% increase in registered voters and around 7,000 more people cast votes in this year’s election compared to the presidential election in 2016. The entire country had a strong turnout this year, recording a 66.2% turnout among the voting eligible population, according to the Washington Post.
Election analysts hope to maintain that high voter participation. But that might be a challenge because of America’s relatively low voter participation rates.