Voter Registration 1952 -2016
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Data Table
| '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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
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.
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.
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