The final numbers are in: The turnout for General Election in Missouri was 4 percent lower than the November 2008 election.
The Missouri secretary of state’s office had projected a 72 percent voter turnout, but only 2.7 million people — 65 percent of registered voters — showed up to the polls. In Texas County, the count was 68 percent.
The secretary of state’s office accumulated the projected turnout after all 114 counties and St. Louis City sent in voter turnout projections, and they predicted 72 percent of registered voters would vote — a 3 percent increase from 2008.
Osage County in central Missouri had the highest voter turnout with 72 percent of registered voters. But, that mark was still a 4 percent drop in that county from the 2008 election.
Sullivan County in north central Missouri had the second lowest turnout with just over 52 percent. County Clerk Jackie Morris said this was an improvement from what she projected.
“I projected less than 50 percent,” Morris said. “We only had three local races that were contested.”