To determine which statement best describes the table, let's analyze the voter turnout percentages provided:
First, we look at the two categories provided in the table:
1. States with Election-Day Registration
- Voter turnout in 2008: 72%
- Voter turnout in 2012: 65%
2. States without Election-Day Registration
- Voter turnout in 2008: 62%
- Voter turnout in 2012: 58%
Now, we'll evaluate the given statements against these percentages:
1. States with election-day registration had higher turnout.
- In 2008, states with election-day registration had 72% turnout compared to 62% in states without election-day registration.
- In 2012, states with election-day registration had 65% turnout compared to 58% in states without election-day registration.
- Both in 2008 and 2012, states with election-day registration had higher turnout compared to those without.
2. States without election-day registration had higher turnout.
- This statement is incorrect because in both 2008 and 2012, states without election-day registration had lower turnout (62% and 58%) compared to states with election-day registration (72% and 65%).
3. States with and without election-day registrations had roughly equal turnout.
- This statement is incorrect because the turnout percentages are not roughly equal. There is a noticeable difference in both 2008 and 2012, with a 10% difference in 2008 and a 7% difference in 2012.
4. States with election-day registration outnumber those without.
- The data provided doesn't give any information about the number of states; it only provides voter turnout percentages. Therefore, we cannot deduce this statement from the given data.
Based on the analysis, the statement that best describes the table is:
States with election-day registration had higher turnout.
