re: A Graphic Analysis of the Last 4 AZ Governor's Races for the "MUH Candidates" Crowd

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Over a 10% increase in voters in 4 years when the population increase was under 5%. At what point do the numbers just not add up?

ETA: almost a 14% increase actually

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And voter turnout will still be under 70% will it not? You need to remember that prior to 2018, midterm turnout was in the upper 40% range in a good year.

This has been a disconnect for me since 2020 on this site. How is it that so many people are hung up on the fact that the mail in voting and increased interest in politics for the social media generations are resulting in more overall votes?

It seems like total and complete common sense "Duh" type stuff to me. I would have been shocked if there wasn't a marked increase in turnout over the last couple of cycles.

Higher raw vote totals alone will simply never indicate anything other than that there were more votes. It just isn't compelling. I don't understand why its always the first thing referenced in these discussions.