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Uhuru 37% Election Result Higher Than Last 11 U.S Presidential Results of 23% to 32%.

President Uhuru Kenyatta October Election reported result from 252 out of the 292 voting constituencies is 7.26 million from 19.6 million total voters. This is a 37% vote of total voters. This result is higher than the percentage results that the last 11 U.S Presidential results in the U.S got of 23% to 32% of the total vote.
Note: Uhuru Kenyatta result is based on 252 of the 290 Constituencies Reporting by Kenya Daily Nation. (This is not Official Result)
2017 |
Kenya Winner |
Votes |
Total Registered |
Vote % of Total Voters |
Aug 8th |
Uhuru Kenyatta |
8,200,000 |
19,600,000 |
41.84% |
Oct 26th |
Uhuru Kenyatta |
7,260,000 |
19,600,000 |
37.01% |
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Year |
U.S Winner |
Vote % of Turnout |
Turnout % of Voters |
Vote % of Total Voters |
1978 |
Jimmy Carter |
50.10% |
53.10% |
26.60% |
1980 |
Ronald Reagan |
50.70% |
52.60% |
26.67% |
1984 |
Ronald Reagan |
58.80% |
53.30% |
31.34% |
1988 |
George Bush |
53.40% |
50.20% |
26.81% |
1992 |
Bill Clinton |
43.01% |
55.20% |
23.74% |
1996 |
Bill Clinton |
49.20% |
49% |
24.11% |
2000 |
George Bush |
47.90% |
51.20% |
24.52% |
2004 |
George Bush |
50.70% |
56.70% |
28.75% |
2008 |
Barack Obama |
52.90% |
58.20% |
30.79% |
2012 |
Barack Obama |
51.10% |
54.90% |
28.05% |
2016 |
Donald Trump |
46.10% |
54.70% |
25.22% |
Vote % of Total Votes = Vote % of Turnout x Turnout % of Total Votes
What the Result tells us
- Kenya Constitution is well and working. People are ready to defend their Constitution and right to choose their leaders through the ballot.
- The first result of 8.2 million voters was a correct Constitutional result.
- Encouraging the exercise of Constitutional right yields higher results.
- As a percentage to total votes this result surpasses the last 11 credible results in the U.S. The 37 votes per 100 voters in 5 votes higher than Ronald Reagan 32 votes for every 100 in 1984. The 37 votes of every 100 voters is 13 votes higher than Bill Clinton 24 votes per every 100 result in 1992.
- The turnout in voting is the highest result. In last 11 elections the failure to vote is the highest number and ranges from 41 persons per every 100 in 2008 elections in U.S to 51 persons of every 100 in 1996 election.