Americans cast more votes than ever in the 2008 election, but even so, more than 80 million still didn’t vote. Only about 40 per cent of the population typically votes during midterm elections. The 2014 midterms saw the lowest voter turnout since World War II, with less than 37 per cent, she said. About two dozen students from Majory Stoneman Douglas High School wearing matching shirts sat together at the event. As of Aug. 1, there were nearly 373,000 newly registered voters this year, according to an analysis by University of Florida political science professor Daniel Smith.

Source: National Post September 28, 2018 23:15 UTC