Good god, this again?

The 66.2% turnout is not calculated as voters divided by registered voters, but as voters divided by “eligible voters.”

“Eligible voters” is a wonkish term of art, and is an estimate of the number of people eligible to vote determined without regard to registration status. This means the denominator is larger than 213 million.

This turnout calculation helps determine civic engagement by measuring the percentage of people who could vote with minimal effort (i.e., all they have to do is vote or register and then vote) who actually voted.

Gateway Pundit ran with this. It’s an embarassment.

Spez: The point is that multiplying by a smaller denominator than was actually used to compute the fraction will not return the numerator initially used in the fraction.

Good god, this again?

The 66.2% turnout is not calculated as voters divided by registered voters, but as voters divided by “eligible voters.”

“Eligible voters” is a wonkish term of art, and is an estimate of the number of people eligible to vote determined without regard to registration status. This means the denominator is larger than 213 million.

This turnout calculation helps determine civic engagement by measuring the percentage of people who could vote with minimal effort (i.e., all they have to do is register and then vote) who actually voted.

Gateway Pundit ran with this. It’s an embarassment.

Spez: The point is that multiplying by a smaller denominator than was actually used to compute the fraction will not return the numerator initially used in the fraction.

Good god, this again?

The 66.2% turnout is not calculated as voters divided by registered voters, but as voters divided by “eligible voters.”

“Eligible voters” is a wonkish term of art, and is an estimate of the number of people eligible to vote determined without regard to registration status. This means the denominator is larger than 213 million.

This turnout calculation helps determine civic engagement by measuring the percentage of people who could vote with minimal effort (i.e., all they have to do is register and then vote) who actually voted.

Gateway Pundit ran with this. It’s an embarassment.

Good god, this again?

The 66.2% turnout is not calculated as voters divided by registered voters, but as voters divided by “eligible voters.”

“Eligible voters” is a wonkish term of art, and is an estimate of the number of people eligible to vote determined without regard to registration status. This means the denominator is larger than 213 million.

This turnout calculation helps determine civic engagement by measuring the percentage of people who could vote with minimal effort (i.e., all they have to do is register and then vote).

Gateway Pundit ran with this. It’s an embarassment.