Table 2.  Percent Reported Voting and Registering in Congressional
              Election Years, by Age and Region of Residence:
              November 1966 to 1994

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

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                          Age (in years)            The    Outside
                18-24    25-44    45-64      65+   South  the South
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    VOTING
    1994         20.1     39.4     56.7     61.3     40.9     47.3
    1990         20.4     40.7     55.8     60.3     42.4     46.4
    1986         21.9     41.4     58.7     60.9     43.0     47.5
    1982         24.8     45.4     62.2     59.9     41.8     51.9
    1978         23.5     43.1     58.5     55.9     39.6     48.9
    1974         23.8     42.2     56.9     51.4     36.0     48.8
    1970         30.4     51.9     64.2     57.0     44.7     59.0
    1966         31.1     53.1     64.5     56.1     43.0     60.9

    REGISTERING
    1994         42.3     57.9     71.7     76.3     61.1     63.3
    1990         39.9     58.4     71.4     76.5     61.3     62.6
    1986         42.0     61.1     74.8     76.9     63.0     64.9
    1982         42.4     61.5     75.6     75.2     61.7     65.2
    1978         40.5     60.2     74.3     72.8     60.1     63.8
    1974         41.3     59.9     73.6     70.2     59.8     63.3
    1970         40.9     65.0     77.5     73.7     63.8     70.0
    1966         44.1     67.6     78.9     73.5     62.2     73.8
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    Note: Prior to 1972, data are for persons of voting age, 21 years
        old and over, in most States.

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