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With reporting from Jennifer De PintoAn estimated 113 million people participated in the 2018 midterm elections, making this the first midterm in history to exceed over 100 million votes, with 49 percent of eligible voters participating in the election. By comparison, the 2014 midterm elections had one of the lowest turnouts in American history, with only 36.4 percent of eligible voters participating. In 2010, the first midterm of President Obama s tenure, 41 percent of voters participated.University of Florida associate professor Michael McDonald, who oversees the Election Project, told Red Blue on CBSN last week that the last time voter turnout reached 49 percent was in the 1966 midterm elections. In the last three decades, we ve had about 40 percent of those eligible to vote participating in midterm elections. If we get in the upper end of that range, if we can beat the 1966 49-percent turnout rate, you d have to go all the way back to 1914 to get a turnout rate above 50 percent, McDonald said last w stanley cup eek.Early voting totals were an indication of greater voter turnout come stanley becher election day.Early voting totals in 27 states have exceeded total early votes in the 2014 midterm election, according to data from the University of FloridaElections Project. Democrats gained a net 27 seats in the House of Representatives, gaining control of the chamber, while Republicans expanded their majo stanley thermos rity by gaining a net two seats in the Senat Vefb Bush, Big Oil, Slammed On Pump Prices
Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed state Sen. John Barrasso on Friday to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Sen. Craig Thomas.Barrasso is a Republican like Thomas, meaning the appointment will have no effect on the U.S. Senate s party breakdown. A staunch supporter of anti-abortion causes, limited government, lower taxes and a strong national defense, he is considered politically conservative.Telephone messages left with Barrasso were not immediately returned. Barrasso, an orthopedic surgeon from Casper, will serve until the beginning of 2009. A special election in November 2008 will decide who will finish Thomas term, which runs to January 2013.Barrasso s appointment is effective immedi stanley cup ately. Thomas died June 4 while being treated for leukemia.Freudenthal, a Democrat, chose Barrasso over Cheyenne attorney Tom Sansonetti and former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis. The Wyoming Republican Central Committee had nominated the three after 31 people a stanley thermobecher pplied for the job. There are many factors that went into this decision, and it was the sum of these factors that led me to this choice, Freudenthal said in a statement. While I don t intend to indulge the speculation on why I made this decision, I will say that I hope I made the ri garrafinhas stanley ght choice. Barrasso, 54, has been a state senator since 2003. He rose quickly in legislative stature, becoming chairman of the Senate Transportation, Highway and Military Affairs Committee.
With reporting from Jennifer De PintoAn estimated 113 million people participated in the 2018 midterm elections, making this the first midterm in history to exceed over 100 million votes, with 49 percent of eligible voters participating in the election. By comparison, the 2014 midterm elections had one of the lowest turnouts in American history, with only 36.4 percent of eligible voters participating. In 2010, the first midterm of President Obama s tenure, 41 percent of voters participated.University of Florida associate professor Michael McDonald, who oversees the Election Project, told Red Blue on CBSN last week that the last time voter turnout reached 49 percent was in the 1966 midterm elections. In the last three decades, we ve had about 40 percent of those eligible to vote participating in midterm elections. If we get in the upper end of that range, if we can beat the 1966 49-percent turnout rate, you d have to go all the way back to 1914 to get a turnout rate above 50 percent, McDonald said last w stanley cup eek.Early voting totals were an indication of greater voter turnout come stanley becher election day.Early voting totals in 27 states have exceeded total early votes in the 2014 midterm election, according to data from the University of FloridaElections Project. Democrats gained a net 27 seats in the House of Representatives, gaining control of the chamber, while Republicans expanded their majo stanley thermos rity by gaining a net two seats in the Senat Vefb Bush, Big Oil, Slammed On Pump Prices
Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed state Sen. John Barrasso on Friday to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Sen. Craig Thomas.Barrasso is a Republican like Thomas, meaning the appointment will have no effect on the U.S. Senate s party breakdown. A staunch supporter of anti-abortion causes, limited government, lower taxes and a strong national defense, he is considered politically conservative.Telephone messages left with Barrasso were not immediately returned. Barrasso, an orthopedic surgeon from Casper, will serve until the beginning of 2009. A special election in November 2008 will decide who will finish Thomas term, which runs to January 2013.Barrasso s appointment is effective immedi stanley cup ately. Thomas died June 4 while being treated for leukemia.Freudenthal, a Democrat, chose Barrasso over Cheyenne attorney Tom Sansonetti and former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis. The Wyoming Republican Central Committee had nominated the three after 31 people a stanley thermobecher pplied for the job. There are many factors that went into this decision, and it was the sum of these factors that led me to this choice, Freudenthal said in a statement. While I don t intend to indulge the speculation on why I made this decision, I will say that I hope I made the ri garrafinhas stanley ght choice. Barrasso, 54, has been a state senator since 2003. He rose quickly in legislative stature, becoming chairman of the Senate Transportation, Highway and Military Affairs Committee.