Texas Drops to 48th in Voter Turnout

by: Karl-Thomas Musselman

Wed Mar 13, 2013 at 02:00 PM CDT

In a new report by Nonprofit VOTE on the 2012 election, Texas fell one spot from 2008 to 48th when ranked by turnout. Texas' 50.1% turnout rate for the Presidential election toped only Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Hawaii which rounded out the lowest turnout states in the country. Texas is joined by other populous non-swing states California and New York in the bottom 20% of states.

There are a lot of other interesting facts in the full 2012 report which you can read below the fold. To read the prior 2008 report, click here.

America Goes To The Polls 2012 Report by Nonprofit VOTES

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