Thread by @dhmontgomery

STORY: In 2020, Hennepin County saw total votes equal to 90.4% of registered voters. That seems suspiciously high to some people. But turnout rates were just as high in GOP strongholds, too — even before accounting for MN’s same-day registration. mprnews.org/story/2020/11/…

Here’s the 2020 election in Minnesota in one chart — change in vote share vs. change in turnout. As you can see, turnout was up big in Trump counties as well as Biden counties. Hennepin’s not an outlier. mprnews.org/story/2020/11/…

For example: Hennepin County saw 90.4% of previously registered voters vote. But Wright County, where Trump won 61.9% of the vote, had 94.3% turnout by this measure. Sherburne County was Trump 65.1% with 92% turnout. Morrison County was Trump 75.8%, 93.5% turnout.

And that’s not even getting into the fact that turnout as a percent of previously registered voters is a bad metric in a state with same-day voter registration. Here I break down turnout by a better metric: share of the citizen voting-age population: mprnews.org/story/2020/11/…

I spent a long time trying to get this visual to work. I’m not quite there, but will share it here for those who are curious!