Voter turnout in last week's midterm electionswas terrible. How terrible? Just 36.3 percent of eligible voters cast votes — the worst turnout in 72 years, the New York Times reports. Only the 1942 election (33.9 percent) had a lower rate of voter turnout.

Here's a quick breakdown, based on preliminary estimates of voting data from the United States Electio...:

• Less than half of the eligible voters in 43 states cast votes.

• The seven that saw more than half: Maine, Wisconsin, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota and Iowa.

• No state cracked 60 percent.

• Maine, at 59.3 percent, had the highest voter turnout percentage-wise in the country.

• Indiana, at 28 percent, had the lowest.

• In California, Texas and New York — the three largest states in terms of population — less than a third of eligible voters voted.

• New York, at 28.8 percent, had the fourth lowest turnout rate in the country. "Shameful," the Times editorial board said.

Voter turnout in midterm elections is traditionally lower than in years with a general election. But 2014 was particularly low, down more than 5 percent from 2010, when 41.8 percent of eligible voters turned out at the polls.

One possible reason: Disillusionment with the White House. According to the exit polls, 54 percent of voters disapprove of President Barack Obama's performance as president, while 65 percent said the country is headed in the wrong direction.

"The American people sent a message, one they've sent for several elections now," President Barack Obama said on Nov. 5, a day after Republicans gained control of the Senate in a sweeping victory that was seen as both a referendum on his presidency and Washington in general. "They expect us to work as hard as they do. They expect us to focus on their ambitions and not ours. They want us to get the job done."

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