National Voter Turnout in Federal
Elections: 1960–2006
| Year |
Voting-age
population |
Voter
registration |
Voter turnout |
Turnout of voting-age
population (percent) |
| 2006 |
220,600,000 |
135,889,600 |
80,588,000 |
43.6% |
|
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
|
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.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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