Indiana Posted Its Worst Ever Voter Turnout Percentage In November

As many election watchers expected, Indiana posted its worst voter turnout on record in November.

Only 30 percent of registered voters in Indiana went to the polls in the 2014 general election, the worst turnout percentage in the Hoosier State’s recorded history.

Jay County in eastern Indiana had the best turnout at 52 percent, the only county in which more than half of registered voters cast a ballot.  Johnson County in central Indiana had the worst turnout at 24 percent. 

It was a rare off-year election cycle in which the statewide ballot lacked a major candidate such as governor or U.S. Senator.  The last such year, 2002, had the previous low for turnout with 39 percent. 

Secretary of State Connie Lawson says the state’s ongoing voter roll cleanup will help produce better turnout data by including only active voters on the rolls. She notes if only active voters were included this year, turnout would be 36 percent.  That mark would still be the lowest on record.