With Election Day coming up and only 61.4% of the voting age population having voted in the 2016 presidential election and 36.4% in the 2014 midterm, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Most & Least Politically Engaged States as well as accompanying videos.

In order to determine where Americans are most involved in politics, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across ten key indicators of political engagement. They range from “percentage of registered voters in the 2016 presidential election” to “total political contributions per adult population.”

Political Engagement in Maryland (1=Most; 25=Avg.)

• 29^th – % of Registered Voters in 2016 Presidential Election
• 14^th – % of Electorate Who Voted in 2014 Midterm Elections
• 15^th – % of Electorate Who Voted in 2016 Presidential Election
• 17^th – Change in % of Electorate Who Actually Voted in 2016 Elections vs. 2012 Elections
• 7^th – Total Political Contributions per Adult Population
• 18^th – Civic Education Engagement
• 1^st – Voter Accessibility Policies

For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-politically-engaged-states/7782/

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a phone, Skype or in-studio interview with one of our experts. Feel free to embed this YouTube video summarizing the study on your website. You can also use or edit these raw files as you see fit. Full data sets for specific states and the District are also available upon request.