Please see Notes below.
Year |
Turnout | Voting Age Population (VAP) | Voting Eligible Population (VEP) | Registered Voters | Turnout as % VAP | Turnout as % VEP |
1828 |
|
|
|
|
57.6% |
|
1832 |
|
|
|
|
55.4% |
|
1836 |
|
|
|
|
57.8% |
|
1840 |
|
|
|
|
80.2% |
|
1844 |
|
|
|
|
78.9% |
|
1848 |
|
|
|
|
72.7% |
|
1852 |
|
|
|
|
69.6% |
|
1856 |
|
|
|
|
78.9% |
|
1860 |
|
|
|
|
81.2% |
|
1864 |
|
|
|
|
73.8% |
|
1868 |
|
|
|
|
78.1% |
|
1872 |
|
|
|
|
71.3% |
|
1876 |
|
|
|
|
81.8% |
|
1880 |
|
|
|
|
79.4% |
|
1884 |
|
|
|
|
77.5% |
|
1888 |
|
|
|
|
79.3% |
|
1892 |
|
|
|
|
74.7% |
|
1896 |
|
|
|
|
79.3% |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
73.2% |
|
1904 |
|
|
|
|
65.2% |
|
1908 |
|
|
|
|
65.4% |
|
1912 |
|
|
|
|
58.8% |
|
1916 |
|
|
|
|
61.6% |
|
1920 |
|
|
|
|
49.2% |
|
1924 |
|
|
|
|
48.9% |
|
1928 |
|
|
|
|
56.9% |
|
1932 |
39,816,522 |
75,768,000 |
|
|
52.6% |
|
1936 |
45,646,817 |
80,174,000 |
|
|
56.9% |
|
1940 |
49,815,312 |
84,728,000 |
|
|
58.8% |
|
1944 |
48,025,684 |
85,654,000 |
|
|
56.1% |
|
1948 |
48,833,680 |
95,573,000 |
|
|
51.1% |
|
1952 |
61,551,919 |
99,929,000 |
|
|
61.6% |
|
1956 |
62,027,040 |
104,515,000 |
|
|
59.3% |
|
1960 |
68,836,385 |
109,672,000 |
|
|
62.8% |
|
1964 |
70,097,935 |
114,090,000 |
|
|
61.4% |
|
1968 |
73,026,831 |
120,285,000 |
|
86,574,000 |
60.7% |
|
1972 |
77,625,152 |
140,777,000 |
|
98,480,000 |
55.1% |
|
1976 |
81,603,346 |
152,308,000 |
|
97,761,000 |
53.6% |
|
1980 |
86,496,851 |
163,945,000 |
159,635,102 |
105,135,000 |
52.8% |
54.2% |
1984 |
92,654,861 |
173,995,000 |
167,701,904 |
116,106,000 |
53.3% |
55.2% |
1988 |
91,586,725 |
181,956,000 |
173,579,281 |
118,598,000 |
50.3% |
52.8% |
1992 |
104,600,366 |
189,493,000 |
179,655,523 |
126,578,000 |
55.2% |
58.2% |
1996 |
96,389,818 |
196,789,000 |
186,347,044 |
127,661,000 |
49.0% |
51.7% |
2000 |
105,594,024 |
209,130,000 |
194,331,436 |
129,549,000 |
50.5% |
54.3% |
2004 |
122,349,480 |
219,508,000 |
203,483,455 |
142,070,000 |
55.7% |
60.1% |
2008 |
131,406,895 |
229,989,000 |
213,313,508 |
146,311,000 |
57.1% |
61.6% |
2012 |
129,139,997 |
240,177,000 |
222,474,111 |
153,157,000 |
53.8% |
58.0% |
2016 |
136,787,187 |
249,422,000 |
230,931,921 |
157,596,000 |
54.8% |
59.2% |