Table 2. Participation in Elections for President and U.S. Representatives: 1930 to 1998 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: July 31, 2000 (Numbers in thousands.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Percent of | | Percent of Year | Population of | Voted for | voting-age | Voted for U.S. | voting-age | voting age | President | population | Representative | population --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1930 73,623 (X) (X) 24,777 33.7 1932 75,768 39,758 52.5 37,657 49.7 1934 77,997 (X) (X) 32,256 41.4 1936 80,174 45,654 56.9 42,886 53.5 1938 82,354 (X) (X) 36,236 44.0 1940 84,728 49,900 58.9 46,951 55.4 1942 86,465 (X) (X) 28,074 32.5 1944 85,654 47,977 56.0 45,103 52.7 1946 82,659 (X) (X) 34,398 37.1 1948 95,573 48,794 51.1 45,933 48.1 1950 98,134 (X) (X) 40,342 41.1 1952 99,929 61,551 61.6 57,571 57.6 1954 102,075 (X) (X) 42,580 41.7 1956 104,515 62,027 59.3 58,426 55.9 1958 106,447 (X) (X) 45,818 43.0 1960 109,672 68,838 62.8 64,133 58.5 1962 112,952 (X) (X) 51,267 45.4 1964 114,090 70,645 61.9 65,895 57.8 1966 116,638 (X) (X) 52,908 45.4 1968 120,285 73,212 60.9 66,288 55.1 1970 124,498 (X) (X) 54,173 43.5 1972 140,777 77,719 55.2 71,430 50.7 1974 146,338 (X) (X) 52,495 35.9 1976 152,308 81,556 53.5 74,422 48.9 1978 158,369 (X) (X) 55,332 34.9 1980 163,945 86,515 52.9 77,995 47.6 1982 169,643 (X) (X) 64,514 38.0 1984 173,995 92,653 53.3 83,231 47.8 1986 177,922 (X) (X) 59,619 33.5 1988 181,956 91,595 50.3 81,786 44.9 1990 185,888 (X) (X) 61,513 33.1 1992 189,493 104,425 55.1 96,239 50.8 1994 193,010 (X) (X) 70,780 36.7 1996 196,789 96,273 48.9 89,832 45.6 1998 201,270 (X) (X) 65,897 32.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: As of November 1. Includes Armed Forces. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Population 18 years and over beginning 1972; prior to 1972 population 21 years and over except population 18 years and over in Georgia since 1944, 18 years and over in Kentucky since 1956, 19 years and over in Alaska since 1959, and 20 years and over in Hawaii since 1959. Beginning in 1972, includes votes cast for the delegate in the District of Columbia. X Not applicable. Source for voting data: U.S. Congress, Clerk of the House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Elections various issues, and Election Research Center, Washington, DC, America Votes, biennial (copyright).