Title: Election 2020 voter turnout could be historic: see how it compares
Headings: More than 99 million people have already voted. Here's how that compares with past elections.
More than 99 million people have already voted. Here's how that compares with past elections.
All presidential elections in the last 50 years, ranked by highest eligible voter turnout rate
How rates of eligible voter turnout have fluctuated over the decades
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2008: Highest voter turnout in past 50 years

Content: The U.S. placed 26th out of 32 for turnout rates among the voting age population among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center study. 2008: Highest voter turnout in past 50 years
The turnout rate started to rise in 2004 and, in 2008, the U.S. saw the highest rate of eligible voter turnout in a presidential election in the past 50 years: 61.65%. The 2016 election also saw turnout about 60%, and the 2018 midterm election drew the highest midterm turnout since 1914. "It was record turnout for a midterm in a century," Barry said. " In the modern era, it was the highest voter turnout, period, and I would expect 2020 to be a continuation of that, with high engagement from people on both sides of the aisle." If voters on Election Day turn out as expected, McDonald believes the U.S. could have the highest percentage of eligible voters actually vote since 1908. That year, Republican William Howard Taft defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan with 65.7% of the voting-eligible population participating. Fraga said he is curious to see which groups of voters are accounting for the expected increased turnout.