Figure 1.1. Voter turnout in presidential elections
as a percentage of the eligible electorate,
1960–2004.

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Figure 1.2. Voter turnout in midterm elections, 1982–2010.

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Figure 1.3. Overall turnout in presidential primaries,
1972–2008.

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Figure 1.4. Participation in presidential party caucuses,
2008, for states where both parties held
caucuses simultaneously.

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Figure 1.5. Voter turnout in statewide primaries for
governor and U.S. Senate, 1972–2008,
for primaries held coincidentally with
presidential primaries and those held
separately.

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Figure 1.6. Voter turnout for Virginia statewide officers,
2001, and for Louisiana statewide officers,
first round, 2003.

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Figure 1.7. Voter turnout for California statewide officers
and propositions, 2002, and voter turnout for
Vermont federal and statewide officers, 2004.

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