this is a tricky number 1. % of eligible voters that will vote... I guess it’s barely over 50% usually (about 140 million in 2016)
lot of times percent of Voting Age population is used...so lets make sure we are talking the same number.
the eligible voter turnout rate
2008: Barack Obama v John McCain (61.65%)
2016: Donald Trump v Hillary Clinton (60.1%)
Vs
Election - VAP - Turnout - % Turnout of VAP
2008 - 229,945,000 131,407,000 57.1%
2016 - 250,056,000 138,847,000 55.5%
so if we have 150 million voting in total... That would mean an eligible voter turnout rate of more than 62%.
So 65% is ballsy, but not crazy...my be is going to come in close to that...I'll add a percentage point in there so we don't tie on that
I almost think we should just go for total # of votes cast (3rd party too)