Actually, there were 213 million registered voters with 66.9 percent voting, which equals 143 million voters. But there were supposedly 156 million votes. Here's the proof.
Actually, your data source (while certainly closer to the truth than the OP's meme) isn't quite accurate and the numbers are used in less than relevant ways.
For example:
I live in Texas so I clicked on their reference link to the Texas SoS site.
The table in the link you provided shows 16,211,198 registered voters in Texas.
However, if you click their link to the actual Texas SoS site, they clearly show 16,955,519 registered voters. A difference of -744,321 (4.6% low).
Additionally deceptive, your source references the total estimated full population of Texas (29,730,300). Not the actual voting age population (21,596,071) which is certainly more relevant.
Next, I just randomly picked Florida.
Clicking on their link to the Florida DoS site, Florida says there were 14,565,738 registered voters on 12/31/20 but your data source only reflects 14,065,627. Another difference of -500,111 (3.6% low). And again, there comparing that to the estimated total population of Florida (21,944,600) rather than the more relevant number of voting age Floridians which is not provided in the DoS data.
I didn't dig any deeper but finding two pretty substantially low reporting errors (totaling -1,244,432 registered voters) suggests the prospect there may be other substantial errors in the report from that source.
I know data can REALLY be a PITA.
Data is what I do and I tracked the election and thousands of data points related to it.
If I may respectfully offer a suggestion for you, avoid .com sources.
Or at least double check the data against .gov or .org (that rely on .gov) sources.
"World Population Review" sounds like it would be a decent source, but there is no information for "about..." No indication about who they are. Clearly a commercial site with click ads and while their numbers are closer to accurate than some, in a data driven world, if we want to use data to make decisions and judgements, I find it usually better (although more time consuming) to go the sources, or at least to randomly double check some data points to qualify it.
According to "United States Election Project" (http://www.electproject.org/2020g)
In 2020: There were ~257,605,088 voting age Americans. There were 239,247,182 eligible voters (registered) There were 159,690,457 actual votes So, this is: A 61.99% participation by voting age Americans A 66.74% participation by eligible voters.
Nice summary thanks! Do you also make infographics? Would love to start spamming people with infographics that are accurate. Love the spirit of OP’s meme, but I also want a meme/infographic that withstands fact checking
I've been known to produce a graphic or two in my day.
Graphics that withstand fact-checking are always key and when factual, transcend "propaganda" in the realm of truth.
For me, the term "propaganda" implies spin, or cherry-picking, or in regrettable cases (such as this meme) falsehoods, (regardless of the spirit) behind it.
Truly persuasive arguments (be they words, numbers, or memes) need to be fact based so they withstand scrutiny by opposition.
Then their response is...crickets.
I would love to see an accurate infographic that shows all the statistical improbabilities and deviances in this election cycle. Also would be great if the infographic somehow managed to show all the “audits” and measures taken to “verify” these improbabilities. Eg: how they threw out cases not based on merit, but on random technicalities. I think an infographic that shows all the irregularities side-by-side with these bullshit court decisions would be quite powerful
Actually, there were 213 million registered voters with 66.9 percent voting, which equals 143 million voters. But there were supposedly 156 million votes. Here's the proof.
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/number-of-registered-voters-by-state
Now assume 100% turnout, accurate ballot counting and nothing for third party candidates.
In Hollywood they rely on the suspension of disbelief to sell movies.
Actually, your data source (while certainly closer to the truth than the OP's meme) isn't quite accurate and the numbers are used in less than relevant ways.
For example: I live in Texas so I clicked on their reference link to the Texas SoS site. The table in the link you provided shows 16,211,198 registered voters in Texas. However, if you click their link to the actual Texas SoS site, they clearly show 16,955,519 registered voters. A difference of -744,321 (4.6% low). Additionally deceptive, your source references the total estimated full population of Texas (29,730,300). Not the actual voting age population (21,596,071) which is certainly more relevant.
Next, I just randomly picked Florida. Clicking on their link to the Florida DoS site, Florida says there were 14,565,738 registered voters on 12/31/20 but your data source only reflects 14,065,627. Another difference of -500,111 (3.6% low). And again, there comparing that to the estimated total population of Florida (21,944,600) rather than the more relevant number of voting age Floridians which is not provided in the DoS data.
I didn't dig any deeper but finding two pretty substantially low reporting errors (totaling -1,244,432 registered voters) suggests the prospect there may be other substantial errors in the report from that source.
I know data can REALLY be a PITA. Data is what I do and I tracked the election and thousands of data points related to it. If I may respectfully offer a suggestion for you, avoid .com sources. Or at least double check the data against .gov or .org (that rely on .gov) sources.
"World Population Review" sounds like it would be a decent source, but there is no information for "about..." No indication about who they are. Clearly a commercial site with click ads and while their numbers are closer to accurate than some, in a data driven world, if we want to use data to make decisions and judgements, I find it usually better (although more time consuming) to go the sources, or at least to randomly double check some data points to qualify it.
According to "United States Election Project" (http://www.electproject.org/2020g) In 2020: There were ~257,605,088 voting age Americans. There were 239,247,182 eligible voters (registered) There were 159,690,457 actual votes So, this is: A 61.99% participation by voting age Americans A 66.74% participation by eligible voters.
Nice summary thanks! Do you also make infographics? Would love to start spamming people with infographics that are accurate. Love the spirit of OP’s meme, but I also want a meme/infographic that withstands fact checking
I've been known to produce a graphic or two in my day.
Graphics that withstand fact-checking are always key and when factual, transcend "propaganda" in the realm of truth.
For me, the term "propaganda" implies spin, or cherry-picking, or in regrettable cases (such as this meme) falsehoods, (regardless of the spirit) behind it. Truly persuasive arguments (be they words, numbers, or memes) need to be fact based so they withstand scrutiny by opposition. Then their response is...crickets.
What do you have in mind?
I would love to see an accurate infographic that shows all the statistical improbabilities and deviances in this election cycle. Also would be great if the infographic somehow managed to show all the “audits” and measures taken to “verify” these improbabilities. Eg: how they threw out cases not based on merit, but on random technicalities. I think an infographic that shows all the irregularities side-by-side with these bullshit court decisions would be quite powerful
TL;DR?