American Government / Unit 5 Gov 205 short lesson, about 20 seconds
ERROR: "There Is One True Turnout Number"
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The idea
The claim that an election has one true turnout number is false: the rate depends on the chosen denominator.
In practice
One election can read fifty-five, sixty, and eighty-plus percent — same voters, three denominators.
Where people slip
Check which population a turnout claim divides by before comparing it to anything.
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