National Voter Turnout Stats

National Voter Turnout in Federal Elections: 1960–2008 This page provides information about voter statistics, including age of voting population, voter registration, turnout, and more. NOTE: 1968 Voter age lowered to 18 Year

Voting-age population

Voter registration

2008* 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 1996 1994 1992 1990 1988 1986 1984 1982 1980 1978 1976 1974 1972 1970 1968 1966 1964 1962 1960

231,229,580 NA 220,600,000 135,889,600 221,256,931 174,800,000 215,473,000 150,990,598 205,815,000 156,421,311 200,929,000 141,850,558 196,511,000 146,211,960 193,650,000 130,292,822 189,529,000 133,821,178 185,812,000 121,105,630 182,778,000 126,379,628 178,566,000 118,399,984 174,466,000 124,150,614 169,938,000 110,671,225 164,597,000 113,043,734 158,373,000 103,291,265 152,309,190 105,037,986 146,336,000 96,199,0201 140,776,000 97,328,541 124,498,000 82,496,7472 120,328,186 81,658,180 116,132,000 76,288,2833 114,090,000 73,715,818 112,423,000 65,393,7514 109,159,000 64,833,0965

Voter turnout

Turnout of voting-age population (percent)

132,618,580* 80,588,000 122,294,978 79,830,119 105,586,274 73,117,022 96,456,345 75,105,860 104,405,155 67,859,189 91,594,693 64,991,128 92,652,680 67,615,576 86,515,221 58,917,938 81,555,789 55,943,834 77,718,554 58,014,338 73,211,875 56,188,046 70,644,592 53,141,227 68,838,204

56.8% 37.1% 55.3 37.0 51.3 36.4 49.1 38.8 55.1 36.5 50.1 36.4 53.1 39.8 52.6 37.2 53.6 38.2 55.2 46.6 ↑ 60.8 (3) 48.4 ↑ 61.9 (2) 47.3 ↑ 63.1 (1)

Electoral ballots Office of President of the United States, Barack Obama / Joseph Biden —365 John McCain / Sarah Palin –173 Posted On: http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html?day=20090108

Presidential candidate / Party / Home State / Popular Vote / Electoral Vote Barack Obama

Democratic Illinois

69,456,897

52.92%

John McCain

Republican Arizona

59,934,814

45.66%

Barack Obama: Facts and Figures Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is the first president to be born outside the continental United States. He is also the third president from Illinois, the first two being Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.[109] (Ronald Reagan was born in Illinois, but when elected had been in California for decades, where he was a former governor). Obama, having a white mother and Kenyan father of the Luo ethnic group,[110] became the first African American and the first bi-racial president. Obama's raw popular vote margin of victory (approximately 9.5 million votes) was the largest ever for a non-incumbent presidential candidate, and the sixth largest margin of victory ever. Obama's popular vote percentage (52.9%) is also the highest for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and the highest overall since George H. W. Bush was elected president in 1988. He also received more votes than any presidential candidate in American history, breaking the previous record of just over 62 million, held by President George W. Bush after his successful reelection bid in 2004.

Votes by Age, Sex and Race It was observed that this election exhibited the continuation of some of the polarization trends evident in the 2000 and 2004 elections.[114] McCain won whites by 12 points, while Obama won blacks by 91 points, Hispanics by 36 points, and Asians by 27 points. Voters 1829 voted for Obama by 66%-32% while elderly voters backed McCain 53%-45%.[115] However, from 2004, Obama improved on John Kerry's support among all race and age groups.

131.2 Million Voters (122.3 m. in 2004) Highest since 1968 The voter turnout for this election was broadly predicted to be very high by American standards,[96] and a record number of votes were cast. The final tally of total votes counted was 131.2 million, compared to 122.3 million in 2004 (which also boasted the highest record since 1968, after which the voting age was lowered to 18).