Ten of the top 11 states by voter turnout voted for Biden in 2020
In 2020, states with higher turnout tended to vote for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, while states with lower turnout tended to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Ten of the top 11 states by citizen turnout plus Washington, DC, voted blue; 12 of the bottom 14 states voted red.
How do demographic trends vary by state?
States also have varying voting rates by race, ethnicity, and age, some following national patterns more closely than others.
In Maryland, white non-Hispanic voters turned out at lower rates than the state average in 2020, while Black and Hispanic voters turned out the most. Black voters also voted most in Mississippi and Missouri but had the lowest turnout of any racial group in Massachusetts. Asian voters voted at the highest rate of any group in North Carolina, but were lowest in Colorado and Michigan, among others.
Age trends also differed across states in 2020— as well as the nation’s capital. In Washington, DC, 25- to 34-year-olds voted at the highest rates. In Missouri, 35- to 44-year-olds voted at the lowest rates.