Missouri expected to have record-high voter turnout

Election officials in the state anticipate Missouri to have one of the largest voter turnouts in years. With an increase in registered voters this election season, jurisdictions expect more than 3.2 million people to cast their vote Tuesday.

This year, Missouri election officials are predicting the state’s largest voter turnout in decades.

Local election jurisdictions are expecting more than 3.2 million people to cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election, according to figures provided by the secretary of state’s office. That would amount to 75% of the state’s 4.3 million registered voters.

If the predictions come true, that would be Missouri’s highest turnout rate since 1992, when 78% of registered voters cast ballots in a presidential election won by Democrat Bill Clinton.

The number of registered voters has grown considerably since then. The greatest total number of ballots cast in Missouri was 2.9 million in the 2008 election, when Democrat Barack Obama was elected to president.