WEST VIRGINIA HAD LOWEST VOTER TURN OUT IN 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(12/16/2008)

West Virginia and Hawaii led the nation with the lowest turn-out for the 2008 General Election. West Virginia had a 50.6 percent turnout, Minnesota had the highest with 77.8 percent. Lincoln County had the lowest at 37 percent. Otherwise, it was a near record turn-out for a presidential race in the USA. A record 61.6 percent of the the nation's eligible voters went to the polls, the highest since 1969, Nixon vs. Humphrey. REGIONAL TURNOUT Braxton 63.4 Roane 61.4 Ritchie 57.1 Gilmer 56.9 Wirt 56.2 Clay 50.6 Calhoun 43.9

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