Table 1.  Percent Reported Voting and Registering in Congressional
              Election Years, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Gender:
              November 1966 to 1994

    Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
    Release date:  August 1996

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                                        Hispanic
    Election    Total    White    Black origin 1/    Male   Female
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    VOTING
    1994         45.0     47.3     37.1     20.2     44.7     45.3
    1990         45.0     46.7     39.2     21.0     44.6     45.4
    1986         46.0     47.0     43.2     24.2     45.8     46.1
    1982         48.5     49.9     43.0     25.3     48.7     48.4
    1978         45.9     47.3     37.2     23.5     46.6     45.3
    1974         44.7     46.3     33.8     22.9     46.2     43.4
    1970         54.6     56.0     43.5       NA     56.8     52.7
    1966         55.4     57.0     41.7       NA     58.2     53.0

    REGISTERING
    1994         62.5     64.6     58.5     31.3     61.2     63.7
    1990         62.2     63.8     58.8     32.3     61.2     63.1
    1986         64.3     65.3     64.0     35.9     63.4     65.0
    1982         64.1     65.6     59.1     35.3     63.7     64.4
    1978         62.6     63.8     57.1     32.9     62.6     62.5
    1974         62.2     63.5     54.9     34.9     62.8     61.7
    1970         68.1     69.1     60.8       NA     69.6     66.8
    1966         70.3     71.6     60.2       NA     72.2     68.6

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    Note: Prior to 1972, data are for persons of voting age, 21 years old
        and over, in most States.
    NA  Not available.
    1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

    Source: For years prior to 1994, Current Population Reports,
        Series P20, Nos. 174, 228, 293, 344, 383, 414, and 453.