The 2018 midterm elections saw more than half of US citizens older than 18 vote, up 12 percentage points from the last midterm election to a historic 53% turnout, according to the US Census Bureau's Current Population Survey
That was the highest number since the census began tracking midterm turnout in 1978, according to the new data, released as part of a voting and registration supplement to the Current Population Study.Between exit poll results and official vote counts, the increase in turnout in 2018 has been apparent since election night.
Women voted in higher numbers than men, with 55% of women reporting participating in the midterms compared with 52% of men. Turnout among women went up 12 percentage points from 2014; men went up 11. Among voters under 25, women turned out over men , with increases in both groups, but more so young women over young men .White voters turned out in higher numbers than black, Asian or Hispanic voters, which is a consistent trend in midterm elections.
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