National Midterm Turnout Nears 2018 Record While Maryland Turnout Is Flat

A privacy screen for voters inside of the Largo Community Church on Nov. 3, 2026. (Sam Cohen/Capital News Service)

National voter turnout in the 2026 midterm election reached its second-highest level in over a century, powered by strong growth across the Deep South. But in Maryland, where nearly one in three eligible voters is Black, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the election’s pull to its electorate was noticeably weaker. Among the nation’s 252 … Read more