Thread by @steveasumner, Bottom line -KY - 1,678,538 registered Dems

Bottom line -

KY - 1,678,538 registered Dems -
Less than half voted after record-breaking registrations?

Biden 750,597 (can't be right)
McGrath 793,729 (can't be right)

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/11/03/mitch-mcconnell-wins-over-democratic-challenger-amy-mcgrath/6074895002/

Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat Amy McGrath to keep his seat in the Senate

McGrath was a fundraising powerhouse whose campaign raked in around $90 million — over $30 million more than McConnell amassed.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/11/03/mitch-mcconnell-wins-over-democratic-challenger-amy-mcgrath/6074895002/

Can't let this go.

1,477,985 Republicans are registered in KY
Trump got 89.0% of that number
McConnell got 82.7%

1,678,538 Democrats are registered in KY
Biden got 44.74% of that number
McGrath got 47.29%

Why did Democrats get less than 50% the number of registered Democrats while Republicans got nearly 90% the number of registered Republicans?

Somebody in Kentucky is keeping Democrats from voting.
@OversightDems - Oversight.
@HouseDemocrats @TheBlackCaucus @SenateDems @DemGovs

Pulled sources as I went. Didn't think I'd find anything, so didn't do it offline first. Here's the sources in the sequence I pulled them:

1. Kentucky Early Voting Statistics
Last Report: 11/1/2020
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/KY.html

2. Kentucky breaks record for total number of registered voters
Updated: 5:28 PM EST Feb 18, 2020 https://www.wlwt.com/article/kentucky-breaks-record-for-total-number-of-registered-voters/30986888

Kentucky breaks record for total number of registered voters

The state of Kentucky has broken the record for the total number of registered voters.

https://www.wlwt.com/article/kentucky-breaks-record-for-total-number-of-registered-voters/30986888

3. Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat Amy McGrath to keep his seat in the Senate
(Morgan Watkins, Louisville Courier Journal) https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/11/03/mitch-mcconnell-wins-over-democratic-challenger-amy-mcgrath/6074895002/

Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat Amy McGrath to keep his seat in the Senate

McGrath was a fundraising powerhouse whose campaign raked in around $90 million — over $30 million more than McConnell amassed.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/11/03/mitch-mcconnell-wins-over-democratic-challenger-amy-mcgrath/6074895002/

3. (cont'd)
"Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat Amy McGrath to keep his seat in the Senate" article published first in
Louisville Courier Journal
Morgan Watkins
Published 8:06 PM ET Nov 3, 2020 / Updated 5:55 AM ET, Nov 4, 2020 https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/11/03/mitch-mcconnell-wins-over-democratic-challenger-amy-mcgrath/6074895002/

Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat Amy McGrath to keep his seat in the Senate

McGrath was a fundraising powerhouse whose campaign raked in around $90 million — over $30 million more than McConnell amassed.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/11/03/mitch-mcconnell-wins-over-democratic-challenger-amy-mcgrath/6074895002/

4. 2020 Presidential Election Results & Electoral Map
Election Date: Nov. 3, 2020 | Updated 12:37 AM EST Nov. 6, 2020
https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2020-11-03/presidential/

That's it for sources.

Forgot one.
KY state spreadsheet for 2016 registration numbers (Jan 2017). Compared w/ 2020.
https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/PublishingImages/Pages/Registration-Statistics/voterstats-20170120-180338.xls

Another one. This is too much.
786,283 more registered than can vote?

3,462,152 Registered 2020
- 2,675,869 Voting age (calculated from Census & BLS)

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