A total of 50.3 percent of eligible voters voted in 2018, compared to a turnout of just 36.7 percent of eligible voters in 2014.[96] The 2018 elections had highest turnout of any mid-term election held since the 1914 elections.[97] Twenty-three states had double-digit percentage-point increases compared to average turnout in midterm elections held between 1982 and 2014. Georgia had the greatest increase over its 1982-2014 midterm average. Its 55% turnout was 21 points higher.