I'm not assuming. I'm saying the fact is the possibility exists that they may have voted, as well as may not have voted. So therefore the total number of people that possibly may have voted (according to the US census) is between 154,628,000 and 191,032,000 people. Thus, we can't assume that there were more ballots counted than number of people who voted, because we cannot, narrow down the exact number of people to have voted.
We only know that it is at least 154,628,000.
For that to be true to be true there would have to be a large spike in unanswered population relative to total votes from 2016 to 2020
Not necessarily. As far as mathematical trend would go, yes. But future trends are only predictions. They do not always equate to reality. It can't necessarily be assumed that the increased voter count will be directly correlated to the frequency of them answering a question about whether or not they voted.
A potential explanation could be that more people were genuinely enthusiastic about voting than in years past, thus could potentially explain how more people answered the question about whether or not they voted. It's a plausible scenario.
In any case, there is a volume of the population that declined the answer the question of whether or not they voted. They cannot be assumed to have definitely not voted no matter what the prior year's statistics were.
Okay, so, what's the point then? Why does the data have to be the same each year?
In the census tables those other years, how many people were recorded as not having answered the question of whether or not they voted? Because I'm not prepared to give conclusions on incomplete data.
No, this guy is right.
According to the census table, there were 154,628,000 citizens who reported that they voted, and the total ballots counted was north of 155M. That much is true.
However, the census table also includes 36,404,000 who did not respond to the question of whether or not they voted. Presumable, there is a portion of this population that may have also voted but just didn't report it to the census.
Thus, the reason why this article doesn't really have all the facts.
What's your show of choice these days?
But you again have to assume that every year will have the same distribution, which will not always take place, and it's illogical to assume it will always follow a predicted trend.