Texas Voter Turnout in 2018 in Comparison

In the last post I mentioned the Texas Tribune's article on voter turnout. Here's a spread sheet that lists voter turnout (VEP) in 2014 and 2018 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Texas was second worst in voter turnout in 2014 and worst among the states that elected governors in the election. Voter turnout is better, but Texas is still near the bottom. The states are arranged by voter turnout in 2018 from highest to lowest. Can Texas ever best Minnesota?

State
2014 Turnout
2018 Turnout
Difference
Minnesota
50.6
64.3
13.7
Colorado
54.7
62.9
8.2
Montana
47.5
62.0
14.5
Wisconsin
56.9
61.7
4.8
Oregon
53.4
61.5
8.1
Maine
58.7
60.2
1.5
Washington
43.1
58.9
15.8
North Dakota
45.0
58.6
13.6
Michigan
43.2
57.8
14.6
Iowa
50.3
57.7
7.4
Vermont
40.8
55.9
15.1
Georgia
38.6
55.0
16.4
Florida
43.3
54.9
11.6
Virginia
36.6
54.8
18.2
Massachusetts
44.7
54.6
9.9
New Hampshire
48.3
54.6
6.3
Alaska
54.8
54.6
-0.2
Connecticut
42.5
54.4
11.9
Missouri
33.6
53.6
20.0
Maryland
42.0
53.5
11.5
South Dakota
44.7
53.4
8.7
New Jersey
32.5
53.1
20.6
Nebraska
41.4
51.8
10.4
Ohio
36.2
51.5
15.3
Utah
30.3
51.4
21.1
Illinois
40.8
51.4
10.6
Pennsylvania
36.5
51.3
14.8
Delaware
34.9
51.1
16.2
Kansas
43.3
51.1
7.8
Idaho
39.8
50.1
10.3
North Carolina
41.1
49.6
8.5
California
30.7
49.5
18.8
Arizona
34.1
49.1
15.0
Wyoming
39.7
48.7
9.0
Kentucky
44.9
48.6
3.7
Rhode Island
42.4
48.0
5.6
Alabama
33.2
47.5
14.3
Nevada
36.6
47.5
10.9
New Mexico
35.4
47.3
11.9
Indiana
28.3
46.9
18.6
Texas
28.3
46.3
18.0
South Carolina
35.2
45.2
10.0
Louisiana
44.9
44.8
-0.1
Tennessee
29.8
44.7
14.9
District of Columbia
35.7
43.8
8.1
Oklahoma
30.0
42.5
12.5
West Virginia
32.0
42.5
10.5
New York
29.0
42.1
13.1
Arkansas
40.3
41.4
1.1
Mississippi
29.0
40.7
11.7
Hawaii
36.5
39.3
2.8

Source: Texas Tribune and US Elections Project, http://www.electproject.org/

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