Despite unique challenges to voter registration and voting created by COVID-19 and heightened concerns about turnout as a result, the 2020 election had the highest voter turnout of the 21st century. The 2020 election featured the largest increase in voters between two presidential elections on record with 17 million more people voting than in 2016.
The 2020 election featured the largest increase in voters between two presidential elections on record with 17 million more people voting than in 2016. In 2020, 67% of all citizens age 18 and older reported voting, up 5 percentage points from 2016. CONTINUED
Jacob Fabina, U.S. Census Bureau
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