| Pres. and Mid-Term Federal Election Turnout* % | ||||||||
| The numbers for Presidential years appear on top, and numbers for mid-term elections appear below. | ||||||||
| State | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
| Alabama | 49.22% | 50.92% | 47.51% | 55.70% | 48.80% | 51.60% | 57.31% | 61.80% |
| Alaska | 58.66% | 60.52% | 56.37% | 66.30% | 59.78% | 68.13% | 70.76% | 67.40% |
| Arizona | 46.24% | 47.69% | 47.75% | 55.65% | 45.60% | 45.63% | 58.09% | 55.90% |
| Arkansas | 52.02% | 53.02% | 48.99% | 54.29% | 47.94% | 47.86% | 54.65% | 52.80% |
| California | 55.01% | 57.20% | 55.74% | 60.30% | 53.74% | 55.71% | 60.01% | 61.80% |
| Colorado | 57.16% | 57.12% | 58.96% | 62.89% | 54.53% | 57.54% | 68.41% | 69.30% |
| Connecticut | 63.88% | 63.76% | 60.65% | 68.58% | 59.59% | 61.90% | 65.21% | 67.10% |
| Delaware | 55.99% | 57.55% | 52.89% | 58.03% | 51.23% | 59.03% | 65.15% | 65.90% |
| District of Columbia | 37.21% | 44.80% | 42.52% | 53.28% | 46.57% | 48.32% | 57.04% | 60.90% |
| Florida | 52.01% | 52.40% | 49.02% | 55.90% | 51.87% | 55.90% | 66.17% | 67.10% |
| Georgia | 42.11% | 43.11% | 40.58% | 48.48% | 44.37% | 45.80% | 57.38% | 61.10% |
| Hawaii | 46.91% | 48.38% | 47.91% | 46.89% | 43.91% | 44.19% | 48.61% | 50.60% |
| Idaho | 69.04% | 62.03% | 61.28% | 65.61% | 59.31% | 57.17% | 64.69% | 62.80% |
| Illinois | 60.37% | 60.83% | 57.34% | 62.24% | 52.48% | 56.24% | 60.73% | 62.70% |
| Indiana | 58.29% | 57.02% | 54.27% | 55.39% | 49.63% | 49.32% | 55.69% | 59.30% |
| Iowa | 63.63% | 64.15% | 60.62% | 65.83% | 58.81% | 63.16% | 69.98% | 69.70% |
| Kansas | 57.49% | 58.36% | 55.96% | 63.91% | 57.28% | 55.61% | 64.17% | 62.60% |
| Kentucky | 50.52% | 51.81% | 49.34% | 53.84% | 48.21% | 52.24% | 59.71% | 57.60% |
| Louisiana | 53.98% | 56.52% | 55.36% | 59.72% | 57.78% | 56.41% | 60.78% | 63.40% |
| Maine | 65.40% | 65.83% | 62.46% | 74.26% | 65.15% | 67.25% | 73.40% | 71.10% |
| Maryland | 51.96% | 53.82% | 51.55% | 57.70% | 50.45% | 55.50% | 63.72% | 67.80% |
| Massachusetts | 61.41% | 59.89% | 60.03% | 63.81% | 58.36% | 59.88% | 63.60% | 66.60% |
| Michigan | 61.33% | 59.33% | 55.52% | 62.99% | 55.35% | 59.86% | 66.86% | 68.60% |
| Minnesota | 71.19% | 69.90% | 67.92% | 73.67% | 66.05% | 69.55% | 77.21% | 77.90% |
| Mississippi | 52.38% | 53.27% | 51.96% | 52.93% | 45.86% | 49.10% |
55.70% |
61.30% |
| Missouri | 59.49% | 58.67% | 56.63% | 63.06% | 55.05% | 58.24% | 66.89% | 68.00% |
| Montana | 65.62% | 66.39% | 64.38% | 69.20% | 63.11% | 61.57% | 64.36% | 65.90% |
| Nebraska | 57.47% | 57.45% | 58.78% | 64.16% | 57.02% | 56.93% | 64.80% | 62.40% |
| Nevada | 43.25% | 43.64% | 45.57% | 53.86% | 40.94% | 45.24% | 55.60% | 57.50% |
| New Hampshire | 58.13% | 54.09% | 56.35% | 66.07% | 58.35% | 63.90% | 70.95% | 71.00% |
| New Jersey | 58.08% | 60.50% | 57.03% | 61.93% | 56.37% | 56.90% | 64.54% | 65.60% |
| New Mexico | 52.31% | 53.79% | 51.98% | 53.10% | 47.44% | 48.51% | 59.17% | 59.60% |
| New York | 51.66% | 55.65% | 52.73% | 56.65% | 51.87% | 55.10% | 57.48% | 57.50% |
| North Carolina | 44.15% | 48.21% | 44.52% | 51.44% | 46.28% | 50.68% | 59.26% | 65.80% |
| North Dakota | 65.24% | 64.01% | 63.70% | 66.60% | 55.98% | 60.31% | 65.23% | 64.80% |
| Ohio | 56.08% | 58.81% | 55.83% | 61.26% | 55.39% | 56.72% | 67.55% | 66.30% |
| Oklahoma | 53.18% | 54.02% | 52.14% | 60.61% | 50.95% | 49.86% |
58.30% |
56.70% |
| Oregon | 62.82% | 64.32% | 60.62% | 68.19% | 59.67% | 64.88% | 70.50% | 67.40% |
| Pennsylvania | 52.65% | 55.11% | 51.01% | 54.93% | 49.72% | 54.06% |
62.60% |
63.70% |
| Rhode Island | 61.63% | 58.85% | 56.06% | 62.84% | 54.42% | 54.22% | 59.10% | 62.00% |
| South Carolina | 41.07% | 41.58% | 40.19% | 46.06% | 42.16% | 46.96% | 52.99% | 58.60% |
| South Dakota | 67.66% | 64.26% | 63.35% | 66.75% | 61.12% | 57.66% | 70.13% | 63.70% |
| Tennessee | 49.23% | 50.12% | 46.07% | 53.21% | 47.54% | 49.87% | 57.04% | 57.70% |
| Texas | 47.44% | 51.00% | 50.10% | 54.19% | 46.48% | 49.16% |
53.70% |
54.50% |
| Utah | 66.00% | 63.04% | 62.02% | 64.01% | 50.16% | 53.84% | 62.05% | 53.80% |
| Vermont | 58.74% | 61.49% | 60.11% | 69.01% | 59.32% | 64.10% | 66.19% | 66.60% |
| Virginia | 48.71% | 52.35% | 49.84% | 55.36% | 50.23% | 54.04% | 61.50% | 67.40% |
| Washington | 59.60% | 61.31% | 56.83% | 63.99% | 58.86% | 60.70% | 67.42% | 66.80% |
| West Virginia | 53.18% | 52.88% | 48.48% | 50.08% | 45.90% | 46.62% | 54.22% | 50.30% |
| Wisconsin | 68.43% | 64.87% | 62.80% | 69.93% | 58.36% | 67.64% | 76.73% | 72.50% |
| Wyoming | 54.10% | 55.79% | 56.03% | 61.87% | 61.31% | 59.19% | 65.00% | 65.20% |
| Total | 54.20% | 55.25% | 52.77% | 58.11% | 51.66% | 54.22% | 60.32% | 61.60% |
| State | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | |
| Alabama | 40.59% | 43.08% | 41.13% | 38.83% | 41.16% | 41.53% | 37.0% | |
| Alaska | 63.37% | 51.39% | 53.44% | 53.43% | 54.63% | 54.17% | 51.2% | |
| Arizona | 36.01% | 37.39% | 41.82% | 39.06% | 31.48% | 35.86% | 39.2% | |
| Arkansas | 48.15% | 41.36% | 40.69% | 39.80% | 37.51% | 41.28% | 38.1% | |
| California | 48.74% | 43.36% | 42.41% | 46.86% | 43.51% | 36.06% | 38.7% | |
| Colorado | 43.53% | 45.93% | 43.18% | 42.15% | 46.08% | 46.33% | 44.1% | |
| Connecticut | 48.11% | 42.39% | 47.87% | 49.11% | 42.70% | 42.30% | 46.8% | |
| Delaware | 44.38% | 35.28% | 37.01% | 38.80% | 33.38% | 41.12% | 41.2% | |
| District of Columbia | 24.99% | 28.28% | 38.27% | 44.59% | 34.02% | 30.15% | 31.2% | |
| Florida | 35.54% | 40.91% | 38.61% | 42.88% | 37.44% | 45.56% | 40.0% | |
| Georgia | 29.63% | 28.49% | 31.59% | 31.04% | 33.66% | 35.44% | 34.4% | |
| Hawaii | 46.46% | 46.70% | 45.36% | 45.62% | 48.97% | 43.77% | 38.6% | |
| Idaho | 50.19% | 58.42% | 46.45% | 52.72% | 45.18% | 44.66% | 43.7% | |
| Illinois | 46.45% | 39.74% | 40.57% | 38.00% | 40.97% | 41.43% | 38.5% | |
| Indiana | 46.85% | 39.44% | 36.83% | 36.45% | 36.53% | 33.85% | 36.6% | |
| Iowa | 50.18% | 45.07% | 48.45% | 48.00% | 45.28% | 47.88% | 47.4% | |
| Kansas | 43.96% | 47.84% | 44.08% | 44.67% | 38.82% | 44.05% | 42.4% | |
| Kentucky | 26.78% | 25.45% | 33.65% | 27.71% | 39.08% | 37.16% | 40.2% | |
| Louisiana | 45.44% | 47.18% | 27.21% | 31.29% | 39.40% | 27.5% | ||
| Maine | 56.28% | 49.74% | 57.32% | 55.73% | 51.59% | 50.77% | 52.2% | |
| Maryland | 37.54% | 34.59% | 32.71% | 40.52% | 43.01% | 46.34% | 48.0% | |
| Massachusetts | 49.01% | 38.93% | 53.41% | 50.08% | 42.96% | 49.21% | 48.5% | |
| Michigan | 47.82% | 36.75% | 38.32% | 45.05% | 43.35% | 44.45% | 52.2% | |
| Minnesota | 61.32% | 46.82% | 57.60% | 54.49% | 61.92% | 64.09% | 59.6% | |
| Mississippi | 37.00% | 29.37% | 20.20% | 31.94% | 27.60% | 30.07% | 28.1% | |
| Missouri | 43.26% | 40.42% | 36.16% | 46.00% | 39.64% | 45.61% | 49.4% | |
| Montana | 56.36% | 55.56% | 55.73% | 56.31% | 50.70% | 48.40% | 55.0% | |
| Nebraska | 48.53% | 50.26% | 52.47% | 49.77% | 45.51% | 39.93% | 46.5% | |
| Nevada | 38.71% | 37.41% | 37.38% | 36.86% | 35.33% | 36.24% | 36.6% | |
| New Hampshire | 41.18% | 33.00% | 36.19% | 37.59% | 36.30% | 48.06% | 40.6% | |
| New Jersey | 41.99% | 28.79% | 35.70% | 38.11% | 32.93% | 38.07% | 39.7% | |
| New Mexico | 44.32% | 39.99% | 40.05% | 41.45% | 41.58% | 38.58% | 40.9% | |
| New York | 43.36% | 35.01% | 33.06% | 42.68% | 38.61% | 36.11% | 32.8% | |
| North Carolina | 30.38% | 34.20% | 41.90% | 30.28% | 35.78% | 39.67% | 31.6% | |
| North Dakota | 55.04% | 60.98% | 50.68% | 50.44% | 44.86% | 48.51% | 43.9% | |
| Ohio | 44.14% | 40.11% | 43.60% | 42.26% | 41.33% | 38.80% | 45.2% | |
| Oklahoma | 38.35% | 39.73% | 40.47% | 42.75% | 36.17% | 41.21% | 35.3% | |
| Oregon | 54.97% | 54.94% | 54.08% | 54.77% | 47.15% | 50.78% | 51.4% | |
| Pennsylvania | 42.10% | 38.41% | 34.06% | 39.65% | 33.33% | 38.78% | 43.4% | |
| Rhode Island | 50.04% | 42.99% | 50.21% | 50.47% | 42.34% | 44.74% | 52.8% | |
| South Carolina | 29.71% | 31.49% | 29.99% | 35.10% | 38.13% | 36.95% | 34.7% | |
| South Dakota | 56.91% | 60.09% | 52.33% | 60.06% | 49.02% | 60.68% | 57.8% | |
| Tennessee | 37.52% | 34.79% | 21.81% | 38.62% | 23.85% | 39.61% | 41.3% | |
| Texas | 31.20% | 31.91% | 35.28% | 37.51% | 29.93% | 34.25% | 30.9% | |
| Utah | 55.14% | 42.48% | 40.72% | 41.47% | 35.81% | 37.03% | 32.7% | |
| Vermont | 45.38% | 50.46% | 50.88% | 49.53% | 49.04% | 48.82% | 54.8% | |
| Virginia | 35.75% | 29.09% | 25.55% | 43.60% | 23.44% | 28.99% | 44.9% | |
| Washington | 45.62% | 42.44% | 38.38% | 45.76% | 48.40% | 41.79% | 46.3% | |
| West Virginia | 40.40% | 29.93% | 30.00% | 30.52% | 25.30% | 31.20% | 32.1% | |
| Wisconsin | 46.85% | 44.49% | 38.96% | 42.40% | 46.32% | 45.43% | 52.6% | |
| Wyoming | 48.97% | 50.07% | 51.16% | 59.85% | 49.95% | 50.06% | 49.4% | |
| Total | 42.14% | 38.14% | 38.42% | 41.13% | 38.09% | 39.51% | 39.9% | |
| All turnout percentages based on votes cast for state highest office against voting eligible population. | ||||||||
| States do not consistently track total votes cast, rendering highest office most consistent standard. | ||||||||
| Voting eligible population, which excludes non-citizens and others barred from casting ballots, is most accurate calculation of an electorate. | ||||||||
| *Source: Dr. Michael P. McDonald, George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.), United States Election Project | ||||||||
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