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| Persons Registered to Vote and Persons Voting 2000-2008 |
What this map layer shows:
The percentage of voting age persons registered to vote and the percentage of those who actually voted,
by State. This includes elections held in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008.
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| Background Information |
Sample Map
Voting and registration rates are historically higher in years with presidential elections.
However, in the 2008 presidential election, 64 percent of voting-age citizens voted, an estimate not statistically
different from the percent that turned out in 2004, but higher than the 2000 presidential election. Of the
voters registered in 2008, nearly 90% reported that they had voted in the national election.
Presidential
Election
Year |
Citizens |
Registered |
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Registered |
Voted |
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Total |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Percent
Reported
Voted |
| 2008 |
225,499 |
206,072 |
146,311 |
71.0 |
131,144 |
63.6 |
89.6 |
| 2004 |
215,694 |
197,005 |
142,070 |
72.1 |
125,736 |
63.8 |
88.5 |
| 2000 |
202,609 |
197,005 |
186,366 |
69.5 |
110,826 |
59.5 |
85.5 |
Table 1. Reported rates of voting registration: 2000 to 2008 (numbers in thousands)
The Person Registered to Vote and Persons Voting 2000-2008 map layer reports
percentages of registered voters and those who actually voted, by State. The rates are given for the nation, states, and counties for the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Related Links:
You may also want to download our State Boundaries
or County Boundaries, 2001 data files. These can
be used with this map layer to create national maps.
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