Question

Over the past 40 years, less than half of the voting-age population has voted in nonpresidential elections. Even in presidential elections, voter turnout is often relatively low. In the 2012 presidential election, ____ percent of the 219 million eligible voters cast ballots.

Answer 1

Answer:

58.7              

Explanation:

The election for the President and the Vice President of the United States in which people elects the heads of the official in an indirect way is known as Presidential election. While a non presidential election is an election where the citizens of the United States votes and elect the congressional representatives.

The voter turn out in the United States is quite often very low in both presidential as well as non presidential elections. In 2012 presidential election, nearly 58.7% of the total voters in the United States cast their vote.