Voter turnout in Pennsylvania for the 2018 midterm election was one for the books, with more registered voters casting ballots in each of the state’s 67 counties than in previous midterm cycles.

Statewide 58 percent of registered voters cast ballots on Nov. 6. Pennsylvania has 8.6 million registered voters. That means that just over 5 million voters went to the polls.

That resembles a presidential contest more than a midterm. Presidential elections historically see larger voter turnouts than midterms or municipal elections.

Suburban Philadelphia counties led the way, with 68 percent of registered voters in Montgomery County casting ballots. Chester County saw 66 percent of voters engaged in the process; while Bucks County saw 64 percent turnout.

Historically midterm elections see anemic voter turnouts, with, on average, roughly 40 percent of registered voters casting ballots.

This year’s midterm cycle saw 23 states log double-digit percentage-point increases in voter turnout compared with their 1982-2014 midterm election average, according to analysis by FiveThirtyEight.com.

For the 2014 midterms, 43 percent of Pennsylvania’s registered electorate voted. That figured lagged behind the midterms of 2010, which saw 46 percent of registered voters vote.

Across central Pennsylvania, the turnout was:

Adams County: 58 percent

Cumberland County: 61 percent

Dauphin County: 59 percent

Lancaster County: 62 percent

Perry County: 61 percent

York County: 56 percent

Across the Philadelphia suburbs, a historically blue area that in 2016 voted for President Trump, turnout in the midterms grew substantially: in the 2014 midterms only 48 percent of registered voters in Montgomery County voted, compared to 68 percent this last cycle.

Bucks County in 2014 midterm elections saw 46 percent of the eligible electorate vote. This time around, 64 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. (In the 2016 presidential election, the county had a 76 percent voter turnout).

Turnout in Chester County also jumped from 46 percent in 2014 (midterm) to 66 percent in 2018.

The lowest voter turnout was logged in Warren County, which saw 48 percent of the eligible electorate vote.

Still, that may be a benchmark for the 31,000-strong Warren County. According to The Times Observer, midterm turnout in 2010 – when Republicans took control of the House in the wake of the first two years of Barack Obama’s first term – was approximately 40 percent.

Midterms in 2014 during Obama’s second term resulted in 39.1 percent turnout in Warren County. The 2016 presidential election netted 62 percent turnout.