Massachusetts and West Virginia at Opposite Ends of Politically Engaged Spectrum
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John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The midterm elections are one week from Tuesday and the two major political parties are hoping for big turnouts by their constituents, particularly in the House and Senate races.
While it’s impossible to predict the actual outcome at this point, a survey by the personal finance website WalletHub has come up with the nation’s most and least politically engaged states, including the District of Columbia.
WalletHub use six metrics to come up with its findings that included percentage of registered voters in the 2012 presidential election; percentage of citizens who actually voted in the 2010 midterm elections; and percentage of citizens who actually voted in the 2012 presidential election.
The top 10 most politically engaged states are:
- Massachusetts
- Colorado
- Minnesota
- District of Columbia
- Wisconsin
- Maine
- Iowa
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Oregon
The bottom 10 are:
42. Arizona
43. Arkansas
44. Nevada
45. Indiana
46 Tennessee
47. Utah
48. Texas
49. Hawaii
50. Oklahoma
51. West Virginia
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