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Voter Participation: 1970 to 2012
Little Zig Zag Falls. (Photo courtesy Michel Herson)
Primary Election
* = Presidential election year
| Year | Registered Voters |
Voted |
Percent |
|
| 1970 | 1,018,017 |
568,551 |
55.8 |
|
| 1972* | 1,158,711 |
734,551 |
63.4 |
|
| 1974 | 1,248,596 |
593,172 |
47.5 |
|
| 1976* | 1,310,248 |
798,986 |
61.0 |
|
| 1978 | 1,390,005 |
603,478 |
43.4 |
|
| 1980* | 1,376,573 |
780,649 |
56.7 |
|
| 1982 | 1,437,693 |
669,529 |
46.6 |
|
| 1984* | 1,457,067 |
767,565 |
52.7 |
|
| 1986 | 1,458,300 |
693,821 |
47.6 |
|
| 1988* | 1,366,294 |
753,112 |
55.1 |
|
| 1990 | 1,437,462 |
660,990 |
46.0 |
|
| 1992* | 1,543,353 |
758,459 |
49.1 |
|
| 1994 | 1,730,562 |
661,717 |
38.2 |
|
| 1996* | 1,851,499 |
698,990 |
37.8 |
|
| 1998 | 1,906,677 |
665,340 |
34.9 |
|
| 2000* | 1,808,080 |
927,351 |
51.3 |
|
| 2002 | 1,839,072 |
858,524 |
46.6 |
|
| 2004* | 1,862,919 |
864,833 |
46.4 |
|
| 2006 | 1,965,939 |
758,393 |
38.6 |
|
| 2008* | 2,008,957 |
1,170,526 |
58.3 |
|
| 2010 | 2,033,951 |
846,515 |
41.6 |
|
| 2012* | 2,021,263 |
787,847 |
38.9 |
General Election
* = Presidential election year
| Year | Registered Voters |
Voted |
Percent |
|
| 1970 | 955,459 |
681,381 |
71.3 |
|
| 1972* | 1,197,676 |
953,376 |
79.6 |
|
| 1974 | 1,143,073 |
792,557 |
69.3 |
|
| 1976* | 1,420,146 |
1,048,561 |
73.8 |
|
| 1978 | 1,482,339 |
937,423 |
63.2 |
|
| 1980* | 1,569,222 |
1,209,691 |
77.1 |
|
| 1982 | 1,516,589 |
1,063,913 |
70.2 |
|
| 1984* | 1,608,693 |
1,265,824 |
78.7 |
|
| 1986 | 1,502,244 |
1,088,140 |
72.4 |
|
| 1988* | 1,528,478 |
1,235,199 |
80.8 |
|
| 1990 | 1,476,500 |
1,133,125 |
76.7 |
|
| 1992* | 1,775,416 |
1,498,959 |
84.4 |
|
| 1994 | 1,832,774 |
1,254,265 |
68.4 |
|
| 1996* | 1,962,155 |
1,399,180 |
71.3 |
|
| 1998 | 1,965,981 |
1,160,400 |
59.0 |
|
| 2000* | 1,954,006 |
1,559,215 |
79.8 |
|
| 2002 | 1,872,615 |
1,293,756 |
69.1 |
|
| 2004* | 2,141,243 |
1,851,593 |
86.5 |
|
| 2006 | 1,976,669 |
1,399,650 |
70.8 |
|
| 2008* | 2,153,914 |
1,845,251 |
85.7 |
|
| 2010 | 2,068,798 |
1,487,210 |
71.9 |
|
| 2012* | 2,199,360 |
1,820,507 |
82.8 |