Thread by @TheValuesVoter

According to the data from @ElectProject:

2020 Blue States had an average turnout of 69.9%
2020 Red States had an average turnout of 64.4%

Turnout growth from 2016 to 2020 increased by:
22.1% in 2020 Blue States
16.5% in 2020 Red States

electproject.org/home/voter-tur…

On average, a higher percentage of the population voted in blue states than in red states. And the growth in the percentage of voters who voted in 2020 blue states was higher than the growth in 2020 red states when you compare the states against their turnout rates in 2016.

Also, 8 of the 10 states with the lowest growth in turnout rates comparing 2016 and 2020 were red states (North Dakota, Louisiana, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Wyoming). Two were red states (New Hampshire and Maine).

Also, 8 of the 10 states with the lowest growth in turnout rates comparing 2016 and 2020 were red states (North Dakota, Louisiana, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Wyoming). Two were blue states (New Hampshire and Maine).

If you look at just the turnout in 2020 for the highest contest (President), the ten states that had the highest turnout rates of eligible voters were ALL blue states. Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Maine, Washington, New Hampshire, Oregon, New Jersey, Vermont and Michigan.

And of the ten states that had the lowest turnout in the 2020 Presidential race, eight of them were red states. Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Indiana and Louisiana.

Some of these states saw big growth in turnout over 2016. But still low.

The lowest turnout blue states were Hawaii and New Mexico.

There is a relatively strong mathematical relationship between the percentage of eligible voters who voted in a state and whether the state ended up being a red state or a blue state.