If you find the average voter turnout for previous elections and then go back and find out the average amount each election deviated from that average, you get a standard deviation. Normally, you would never see a value that went past 3 standard deviations, as there is only a 2.5% chance of that happening. 2020 turnout for Wisconsin was 5.5 standard deviations above the average voter turnout of previous elections. To put that into perspective, a standard deviation above 5 has a 0.00006% chance of happening.

If you find the average voter turnout for previous elections and then go back and find out the average amount each election deviated from that average, you get a standard deviation. Normally, you would never see a value that went past 3 standard deviations, as there is only a 2.5% chance of that happening. 2020 turnout for Wisconsin was 5.5 standard deviations above the average voter turnout of previous electioms. To put that into perspective, a standard deviation above 5 has a 0.00006% chance of happening.

If you find the average voter turnout for previous elections and then go back and find out the average amount each election deviated from that average, you get a standard deviation. Normally, you would never see a value that went past 3 standard deviations, as there is only a 2.5% chance of that happening. 2020 turnout for Wisconsin was 5.5 standard deviations. To put that into perspective, a standard deviation above 5 has a 0.00006% chance of happening.

If you find the average voter turn out for previous elections and then go back and find out the average amount each election deviated from that average, you get a standard deviation. Normally, you would never see a value that went past 3 standard deviations, as there is only a 2.5% chance of that happening. 2020 turnout for Wisconsin was 5.5 standard deviations. To put that into perspective, a standard deviation above 5 has a 0.00006% chance of happening.