Turnout among registered voters in 2020 was 94.1%.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The only source giving a registered-voter turnout figure near 94% is an unrated 2022 outlet citing Pew, which prints the number as a garbled "94.%"; the primary Pew validated-turnout page (source 4) is shown without the figure. Other sources use different measures (Census: 66.8% of citizens 18+; Colorado county tables), which neither confirm nor refute a registered-voter figure.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… The highest turnout we've ever seen in a modern American midterm election is 50% in 2018. Hey Ash, they uploaded the whole thing to their YouTube. Oh, did they? Uh-huh. Right on, let's do that, because the whole thing is good. Um also, according to Pew Research, turnout among registered voters in 2020 was 94.1%. He's talking about turnout among the entire universe of potentially eligible voters, because that's what he deals in, is potentially eligible voters. All right, you ready Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for logging in. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. An unrated 2022 article attributes to Pew Research a figure of 94.% of registered voters who actually voted in the 2020 presidential election.[2]
Context. The Pew validated-turnout dataset page describes measuring 2020 turnout among panel members via commercial voter files, but the snippet does not state a registered-voter turnout figure.[3]
Context. The Census Bureau reports 66.8% of citizens 18 and older voted in 2020, a different denominator (citizen voting-age population) that does not directly address turnout among registered voters.[1]
Context. State-level tables (Colorado, calculated as a percentage of registered voters) show county turnout around 68–90%, which are state-level figures and do not directly establish a national registered-voter rate.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 12020 Presidential Election Voting and Registration Tables ...census.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2How does voter turnout in the US compare to other countries?10news.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Validating 2020 voters in Pew Research Center’s survey datapewresearch.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 42020 General Election Turnoutsos.state.co.us · not rated · cited for: context
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