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Figure 1.4. Participation in presidential party caucuses, 2008, for states where both parties held caucuses simultaneously.
Source. Michael McDonald, The United States Election Project, “2008 Presidential Nomination Contest Turnout Rates,” October 8, 2008, http://elections.gmu.edu/Turnout_2008P.html, accessed August 26, 2009.
those seen in presidential general elections. Overall, only about four in ten eligible voters vote in gubernatorial elections: the average voter turnout for gubernatorial elections from 1997 to 2002 was 43.5 percent; for gubernatorial elections held during nonpresidential election years, turnout averaged 41.2 percent.23 Voter participation in gubernatorial