Comparison Voter Turnout and Registration for Past Major Elections

LEGEND:
YEAR = Year of Election TOTAL REG = Total Number of Registered Voters
TYPE
= Primary (P) or General (G) Election
 REP REG = Total Republican Party Registration
# PCTS = Number of Precincts in the Election DEM REG = Total Democratic Party Registration
VOTES CAST = Total Votes Cast in Election ALL OTHERS = Represents Total Registration for all Other Parties
TURNOUT = Percentage of Voter Turnout
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and Decline to State

YEAR TYPE

# PCTS

BALLOTS
CAST

TURNOUT

TOTAL
REG		 REP
REG		 DEM
REG		 ALL
OTHER
1954 P   64,352 53% 121,147 64,378 52,268 4,501
G   92,077 71% 129,911 67,979 57,256 4,676
1956 P   98,092 66% 148,386 77,300 65,849 5,237
G   171,880 89% 192,937 98,808 86,996 7,133
1958 P   122,322 61% 201,039 101,088 91,742 8,209
G   187,532 81% 231,507 112,944 108,934 9,629
1960 P   147,910 61% 241,810 118,464 113,788 9,558
G   289,601 90% 322,880 153,915 154,373 14,592
1962 P   212,187 65% 328,107 162,533 152,066 13,508
G 1,623 288,742 80% 360,919 177,892 168,525 14,502
1964 P 1,021 278,543 73% 382,342 197,390 171,938 13,014
G 1,027 416,136 90% 463,003 229,943 215,749 17,311
1966 P 1,059 292,090 62% 472,842 243,347 212,621 16,874
G 1,120 410,810 79% 518,004 269,129 230,016 18,859
1968 P 1,173 363,732 70% 516,992 272,885 220,052 24,055
G 1,302 507,162 87% 580,886 306,696 243,469 30,721
1970 P 1,016 326,427 59% 555,570 298,536 228,368 28,666
G 1,038 467,091 76% 612,006 326,459 252,590 32,957
1972 P 1,929 475,944 72% 661,474 331,199 286,418 43,857
G 2,012 676,090 85% 794,174 394,935 337,279 61,960
1974 P 1,936 389,305 52% 751,833 374,648 319,941 57,244
G 1,969 529,713 65% 812,322 391,593 356,930 63,799
1976 P 1,966 553,617 74% 750,610 362,990 335,330 52,290
G 2,013 713,252 83% 861,543 399,099 390,445 71,999
1978 P 2,109 583,397 66% 879,575 407,150 394,113 78,312
G 2,125 628,061 71% 889,636 404,653 407,668 77,315
1980 P 2,127 583,686 59% 982,453 443,079 420,591 118,783
G 2,140 791,593 78% 1,013,337 465,792 422,303 125,242
1982 P 2,207 469,040 46% 1,016,444 472,068 414,183 130,193
G 2,207 659,905 65% 1,021,286 486,105 413,226 121,955
1984 P 2,106 485,073 50% 968,485 472,205 385,338 110,942
G 2,117 864,780 78% 1,104,230 569,878 412,706 121,646
1986 P 2,259 394,519 38% 1,030,213 550,925 371,605 107,683
G 2,255 657,627 60% 1,090,137 591,381 387,860 110,896
1988 P 2,296 510,501 49% 1,037,251 563,039 366,883 107,329
G 2,374 905,799 77% 1,183,166 650,348 410,644 122,174
1990 P 2,295 428,750 40% 1,074,364 593,403 368,641 112,320
G 2,352 677,201 62% 1,090,954 606,889 370,179 113,886
1992 P 2,059 506,080 46% 1,100,429 603,118 372,024 125,287
G 2,165 979,024 79% 1,240,778 648,996 428,035 163,747
1994 P 1,859 387,519 34% 1,153,694 602,291 397,105 154,298
G 1,959 774,009 66% 1,170,072 615,025 400,721 154,326
1996 P 1,879 509,135 43% 1,174,528 613,819 383,580 177,129
G 2,018 874,017 69% 1,275,775 657,995 417,019 200,761
1998 P 1,906 495,714 42% 1,178,699 604,156 376,652 197,891
  G 2,029 721,094 61% 1,173,732 597,000 376,694 200,038
2000 P 1,929 724,816 59% 1,228,575 608,470 391,454 228,651
  G 2,039 978,285 72,99% 1,342,746 660,561 431,695 250,490
 
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