Voter Registration and Turnout 1952-2020
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| '52 | '54 | '56 | '58 | '60 | '62 | '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonvoter, Not Registered | 20 (337) |
** | 18 (320) |
** | 16 (289) |
** | 14 (203) |
** | 15 (205) |
** | 16 (186) |
** | 20 (472) |
28 (642) |
21 (298) |
23 (322) |
18 (367) |
26 (567) |
20 (355) |
30 (596) |
18 (408) |
24 (431) |
14 (217) |
19 (245) |
15 (237) |
14 (182) |
10 (111) |
** | 13 (284) |
** | 9 (521) |
** | 11 (388) |
** | 6 (441) |
| Nonvoter, Registered | 7 (126) |
** | 9 (157) |
** | 5 (95) |
** | 8 (121) |
** | 9 (131) |
** | 10 (112) |
** | 9 (211) |
17 (400) |
7 (105) |
17 (235) |
8 (158) |
21 (465) |
10 (183) |
23 (460) |
7 (153) |
20 (364) |
13 (190) |
28 (360) |
12 (180) |
23 (307) |
13 (136) |
** | 9 (180) |
** | 17 (1016) |
** | 13 (481) |
** | 10 (716) |
| Voted (Registered) | 73 (1251) |
** | 73 (1285) |
** | 79 (1445) |
** | 78 (1126) |
** | 76 (1055) |
** | 74 (853) |
** | 72 (1720) |
55 (1250) |
71 (1004) |
60 (849) |
74 (1464) |
53 (1142) |
70 (1235) |
47 (923) |
75 (1695) |
56 (999) |
73 (1096) |
52 (666) |
73 (1121) |
63 (820) |
77 (812) |
** | 78 (1640) |
** | 74 (4283) |
** | 76 (2792) |
** | 84 (6163) |
| N | 1714 | 0 | 1762 | 0 | 1829 | 0 | 1450 | 0 | 1391 | 0 | 1151 | 0 | 2403 | 2292 | 1407 | 1406 | 1989 | 2174 | 1773 | 1979 | 2256 | 1794 | 1503 | 1271 | 1538 | 1309 | 1059 | 0 | 2104 | 0 | 5820 | 0 | 3661 | 0 | 7320 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 6A.1.
Source: VCF0703 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
1952-1976,1980: "Now how about the election this November. (1952-1964: Do you know if you are; 1968-1980: Are you) registered/eligible so that you could vote in the November election if you wanted to?"
1952,1978,1982-LATER: "Were you registered to vote in this election?"
Note:
1972 Form II respondents were not asked about registration; Form II nonvoters are not represented.
For 1952 cases without pre-election interviews, post-election registration data have been used.
The 2020 turnout data is based on all voters regardless of their reported registration status. In all other years, voters who were registered were used.
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.