National Voter Turnout in Federal
Elections: 1960–2008
This page provides information about voter statistics, including age
of voting population, voter registration, turnout, and more.
| Year |
Voting-age
population |
Voter
registration |
Voter
turnout |
Turnout of
voting-age
population (percent) |
|
2008*
|
231,229,580
|
NA
|
122,842,626*
|
NA
|
| 2006 |
220,600,000 |
135,889,600 |
80,588,000 |
37.1% |
|
2004
|
221,256,931
|
174,800,000
|
122,294,978
|
55.3
|
| 2002 |
215,473,000 |
150,990,598 |
79,830,119 |
37.0 |
|
2000
|
205,815,000
|
156,421,311
|
105,586,274
|
51.3
|
| 1998 |
200,929,000 |
141,850,558 |
73,117,022 |
36.4 |
|
1996
|
196,511,000
|
146,211,960
|
96,456,345
|
49.1
|
| 1994 |
193,650,000 |
130,292,822 |
75,105,860 |
38.8 |
|
1992
|
189,529,000
|
133,821,178
|
104,405,155
|
55.1
|
| 1990 |
185,812,000 |
121,105,630 |
67,859,189 |
36.5 |
|
1988
|
182,778,000
|
126,379,628
|
91,594,693
|
50.1
|
| 1986 |
178,566,000 |
118,399,984 |
64,991,128 |
36.4 |
|
1984
|
174,466,000
|
124,150,614
|
92,652,680
|
53.1
|
| 1982 |
169,938,000 |
110,671,225 |
67,615,576 |
39.8 |
|
1980
|
164,597,000
|
113,043,734
|
86,515,221
|
52.6
|
| 1978 |
158,373,000 |
103,291,265 |
58,917,938 |
37.2 |
|
1976
|
152,309,190
|
105,037,986
|
81,555,789
|
53.6
|
| 1974 |
146,336,000 |
96,199,0201 |
55,943,834 |
38.2 |
|
1972
|
140,776,000
|
97,328,541
|
77,718,554
|
55.2
|
| 1970 |
124,498,000 |
82,496,7472 |
58,014,338 |
46.6 |
|
1968
|
120,328,186
|
81,658,180
|
73,211,875
|
60.8
|
| 1966 |
116,132,000 |
76,288,2833 |
56,188,046 |
48.4 |
|
1964
|
114,090,000
|
73,715,818
|
70,644,592
|
61.9
|
| 1962 |
112,423,000 |
65,393,7514 |
53,141,227 |
47.3 |
|
1960
|
109,159,000
|
64,833,0965
|
68,838,204
|
63.1
|
*Source: figures are from the New York Times. n.a. = not available. NOTE:
Presidential election years are in boldface. 1. Registrations from Iowa not included. 2. Registrations from Iowa and Mo. not
included. 3. Registrations from Iowa,
Kans., Miss., Mo., Nebr., and Wyo. not included. D.C. did not have
independent status. 4. Registrations
from Ala., Alaska, D.C., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.C., N.D.,
Okla., S.D., Wis., and Wyo. not included. 5. Registrations from Ala., Alaska, D.C., Iowa, Kans., Ky.,
Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.M., N.C., N.D., Okla., S.D., Wis., and Wyo. not
included. Source: Federal Election
Commission. Data drawn from Congressional Research Service reports,
Election Data Services Inc., and State Election Offices.
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