Oct 082010
 
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Voting Rates in Congressional Years and Presidential Years


George Mason University, in it’s United States Elections Project also illustrates presidential voter turnout rates.

  • VEP stands for voting-eligible population and is the percentage of those eligible to vote to those that do vote.
  • VAP stands for voting-age population and is the percentage of those over the age of 18 to those that do vote. According to George Mason University, VAP also includes “includes persons ineligible to vote, mainly non-citizens and ineligible felons, and excludes overseas eligible voters.”

Presidential Turnout Rates from 1948-2008

For additional information, click on United States Elections Project.


Project America illustrates voting percentage by political party:

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Vote Cast for President by Major Political Party

For additional information, click on Vote Cast for President by Major Political Party.

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