(WHTM) – Pennsylvania voter turnout was the highest on record since at least 1988, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
According to data released Jan. 31, 77.1% of registered Pennsylvania voters and 68.5% of the voting-age population participated in the 2024 presidential election.
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More than 7 million Pennsylvanians cast their votes for one of the four candidates for president. Donald Trump won the state with more than 3.5 million votes compared to Kamala Harris’s 3.4 million votes.
Here is a look at the turnout percentages from presidential elections dating to 1988:
|
Presidential general election |
Number of registered voters |
% of registered voters who voted |
Total voting-age population |
% of voting-age population who voted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2024 |
9,175,133 |
77.1 |
10,332,678 |
68.5 |
|
2020 |
9,090,962 |
76.1 |
10,353,548 |
66.8 |
|
2016 |
8,722,977 |
70.1 |
10,018,510 |
61 |
|
2012 |
8,508,015 |
67.6 |
9,910,224 |
58.1 |
|
2008 |
8,755,588 |
68.7 |
9,686,275 |
62.1 |
|
2004 |
8,366,663 |
69 |
9,615,172 |
60 |
|
2000 |
7,781,997 |
63 |
9,358,833 |
52.4 |
|
1996 |
6,805,612 |
66.1 |
9,196,000 |
48.9 |
|
1992 |
5,993,002 |
82.8 |
9,129,000 |
54.3 |
|
1988 |
5,875,943 |
77.2 |
9,060,000 |
50.1 |
“This high level of voter engagement is a testament to the voter education work done in 2024 by the Shapiro Administration, county election officials across all 67 Pennsylvania counties, candidate campaigns, and nonprofit organizations,” Schmidt said. “Now that our counties have finalized the last details of the 2024 election, we can see that November’s election had a historic number of eligible voters cast their ballots. Our goal at the Department of State for every election is for every eligible Pennsylvanian to be able to cast their vote and have it counted.”
Thirty-five counties also saw turnout among registered voters hit 80% or more for the 2024 general election:
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