U.S. Midterm Election Results: 2018 vs. 2016 turnout

This book can be considered an encyclopedia containing all voter turnout data for the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections and comparison with the 2016 election. The book documents the following: (1) Number of Democrat and Republican (GOP) votes cast in 2018 and 2016 in every House district in the USA; (2) Percentage difference between number of Democrat and GOP votes cast in 2018 versus 2016 in every House district; (3) Catalog of statistical anomalies for the House elections, i.e. a list of House districts where the percentage difference between 2018 and 2016 election turnouts is significantly different from the Median percentage difference across all House districts in the State where each House district is located; (4) Number of Democrat and GOP votes cast in 2018 Senate and Governor elections; and (5) For 2018, State by State comparison of the number of Democrat and GOP votes for the Senate versus the number of Democrat and GOP votes for Governor versus the total number of Democrat and GOP votes across all House districts in each State. Differences more than ± 10% were cataloged as statistical anomalies. This book does not go into details, does not adjudicate and does not draw data-based conclusions regarding the many allegations of election irregularities and fraud made by both Democrats and Republicans. This book is noncommittal on all of these allegations. Instead, the book objectively identifies and catalogs anomalies based on math and statistics alone, without any political considerations or bias. It is up to the readers to make whatever conclusions they wish from the data. It is up to the readers to undertake whatever further investigations they deem appropriate if they seek to identify root causes. Media reporting of most recent election results is usually limited to the total number of votes for Democrats and Republicans and the margin of victory. But those numbers mean little and may even lead people to draw the wrong conclusions without turnout analysis compared to previous election(s) as well as transversal analysis on turnout for the Senate versus Governor versus House. Therefore, this book will probably be useful for both liberals and conservatives to understand better what actually happened in the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections and to derive their own data-based conclusions without the influence of spin from either rightwing or leftwing media. The book may also provide useful historical data to political operatives on both sides when strategizing where to focus their efforts in the 2020 election cycle, as well as to watchdog organizations interested in improving the integrity of elections.