Voter Turnout Historical Data

It contains the global collection of voter turnout statistics from presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945.

Voter turnout historical data. Voter turnout in united states presidential elections has historically been higher than the turnout for midterm elections. For example a 1911 new jersey law requiring residents to register to vote in person before election day is largely responsible for state voter turnout dropping from 82 4 in 1908 to 69 1 in 1912. November 1964 to 2018 note.

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It contains the most comprehensive global collection of voter turnout statistics from presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. Selected voter turnout rates by demographic groups from the census bureau s current population survey corrected for vote over report and non response bias. Bennett stephen earl the uses and abuses of registration and turnout data ps.

Always growing the database also includes european parliament elections as presented by country using both the number of registered voters and voting age population as indicators and in some cases the. Voting rates corrected february 2012 1 0 mb. Data in this database have been regularly updated since.

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Presidential elections have generally decreased across all age groups except for those over the age of 65. The voter turnout data presented in this website is based on data gathered from desk research by international idea staff surveys to electoral management bodies and the international idea publications voter turnout in western europe since 1945 2004 and voter turnout since 1945 2002. The historical trends in voter turnout in the united states presidential elections have been determined by the gradual expansion of voting rights from the initial restriction to white male property owners aged 21 or older in the early years of the country s independence to all citizens aged 18 or older in the mid 20th century.