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  1. <text id=93AC0091>
  2. <title>
  3. Participation In Elections:1932-92
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7.  Elections                                           
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Participation* in Elections for President & U.S. Representatives: 1932 - 1992
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <tblhdr><cell>Year<cell type=i>Resident population (incl. aliens) of voting age(1) (1,000)<cell type=i>Votes cast for President (1,000)<cell type=i>Percent of voting age population<cell type=i>Votes cast for U.S. Representatives <nl>(1,000)<cell type=i>Percent of voting age population
  17. <row><cell type=i>1932<cell type=i>75,768<cell type=i>39,758<cell type=i>52.5<cell type=i>37,657<cell type=n>49.7
  18. <row><cell>1936<cell>80,174<cell>45,654<cell>56.9<cell>42,886<cell>53.5
  19. <row><cell>1940<cell>84,728<cell>49,900<cell>58.9<cell>46,951<cell>55.4
  20. <row><cell>1944<cell>85,654<cell>47,977<cell>56.0<cell>45,103<cell>52.7
  21. <row><cell>1948<cell>95,573<cell>48,794<cell>51.1<cell>45,933<cell>48.1
  22. <row><cell>1952<cell>99,929<cell>61,551<cell>61.6<cell>57,571<cell>57.6
  23. <row><cell>1956<cell>104,515<cell>62,027<cell>59.3<cell>58,426<cell>55.9
  24. <row><cell>1960<cell>109,672<cell>68,838<cell>62.8<cell>64,133<cell>58.5
  25. <row><cell>1962<cell>112,952<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>51,267<cell>45.4
  26. <row><cell>1964<cell>114,090<cell>70,645<cell>61.9<cell>65,895<cell>57.8
  27. <row><cell>1966<cell>116,638<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>52,908<cell>45.4
  28. <row><cell>1968<cell>120,285<cell>73,212<cell>60.9<cell>66,288<cell>55.1
  29. <row><cell>1970<cell>124,498<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>54,173<cell>43.5
  30. <row><cell>1972<cell>140,777<cell>77,719<cell>55.2<cell>71,430<cell>50.7
  31. <row><cell>1974<cell>146,338<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>52,495<cell>35.9
  32. <row><cell>1976<cell>152,308<cell>81,556<cell>53.5<cell>74,422<cell>48.9
  33. <row><cell>1978<cell>158,369<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>55,332<cell>34.9
  34. <row><cell>1980<cell>164,595<cell>86,515<cell>52.6<cell>77,995<cell>47.4
  35. <row><cell>1982<cell>169,939<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>64,514<cell>38.0
  36. <row><cell>1984<cell>174,447<cell>92,653<cell>53.1<cell>83,231<cell>47.7
  37. <row><cell>1986<cell>178,335<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>59,619<cell>33.4
  38. <row><cell>1988<cell>182,628<cell>91,595<cell>50.2<cell>81,786<cell>44.8
  39. <row><cell>1990<cell>185,812<cell>(X)<cell>(X)<cell>61,513<cell>33.1
  40. <row><cell>1992<cell>189,044<cell>104,425<cell>55.2<cell>96,239<cell>50.9
  41. </table>
  42. <p>*[As of November. Estimated resident population 21 years old and
  43. over, 1932-1970, except as noted, and 18 years old and over
  44. thereafter, includes Armed Forces. Washington, DC is included
  45. in votes cast for President beginning 1964 and in votes cast for
  46. Representative beginning 1974.]
  47. </p>
  48. <list style=hang>
  49. <item>X =Not applicable.
  50. <item>1. Population 18 and over in Georgia and Kentucky; 19 and over in Alaska; and 20 and over in Hawaii, 1960-1970.
  51. </list>
  52. <p>Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
  53. </p>
  54. </body>
  55. </article>
  56. </text>
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