I do believe, based off of my studies of the publics' interest in politics, the only election that the general public seems to attend is the presidential election--as opposed to mid-term and state elections.
In the 2012 presidential election, about 54% of the voters were women. Almost 10 million more women voted than men. In the 2014 elections, about 52% of the voters were women.
Voters are more engaged during a presidential election than in other elections.
Traditionally, it was believed that primary election voters were more ideologically extreme and engaged than general election voters, often representing the party's base. However, recent analyses suggest that the demographics and motivations of primary voters are becoming more diverse and complex, leading to a broader range of viewpoints. This shift challenges the notion that primary voters are uniformly radical or partisan, indicating a potential moderation in voter behavior and preferences.
In the 2012 presidential election, approximately 66.3% of registered voters in Ohio cast their ballots. This turnout was slightly higher than the national average for that election year. Ohio's participation was significant as it played a crucial role in the election outcome.
Because the state of Mississippi does not offer registered voter statistics by party, we must judge either from primary elections (to see how many voters their are from both parties) or from general elections. Through primary elections we conclude that Mississippi is a state dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2007 Mississippi Governor election, the Democratic Primary had a total of about 450,000 voters compared to about 197,000 voters of the Republican Primary. Also, in the 2008 Presidential Election, the Mississippi Democratic Party Primary had a total of about 429,000 voters compared to about 145,000 voters of the Republican party. Whereas in general elections we conclude that Mississippi is a state dominated by the Republican party. In the 2008 Presidential election the Republican candidate (John McCain) received about 725,000 votes while the Democratic candidate (Barack Obama) received about 555,000 votes. The total voter turnout for the election was about 1,290,000 voters. This is significantly larger than the voter turnout for state primaries such as the primaries for the 2007 Governor election where there was a total of about 650,000 voters, which is almost half the amount of voters that voted in the presidential election. This would support the theory that the state of Mississippi has a larger voter turnout in general elections because voters do not have to vote in affiliation with a party; evidently showing how it is more likely that there are more unaffiliated or independent voters in the state of Mississippi than there are Democratic and Republican voters.Source: http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBookLow/09-Elections/pageflip.html
Voters voted based on the regions which they lived rather than based on values.
interest groups, rather than political parties, mobilize the majority of voters in an election.
Winning a majority of the votes means winning more than 50% of the total votes cast. If winning requires a "majority", a candidate needs 88 votes. Winning a plurality of the votes means less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate. If winning requires a "plurality", a candidate needs more votes than any of the other 7 candidates.
The collective noun for voters is typically referred to as an "electorate." This term encompasses all individuals eligible to vote in a particular election or jurisdiction. It signifies the group as a whole rather than individual voters. Other informal terms could include "voting bloc" or "voting population," depending on the context.
there are more than 250,000 registered voters (in all 50 states)
According to the Washington Post, "Overall, turnout in the midterm elections was projected at 42 percent of registered voters, about 1.2 percentage points higher than in 2006." (It should be noted that even though there was a slightly larger turnout than in 2006, about 58% of voters stayed home.) Also, according to most polls, the makeup of the electorate this time was different: there was a large "enthusiasm gap," such that Republicans voted in larger percentages than Democrats did; also, younger voters decreased, as did minority voters; and older voters, as well as white voters, came out in larger numbers than in 2008. 82.5 million people voted, many of whom were spurred by anger over the lingering recession. But it is worth noting that this number was far fewer than the more than 131 million people who voted in the presidential election of 2008-- generally, presidential elections bring out a much greater number of voters than midterm elections do.
When more then half of the voters vote for you.