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National Voter Turnout in Federal Elections: 1960–2006 Year Voting-age population Voter registrationVoter turnout Turnout of voting-age population (percent) ,600,000135,889,60080,588, % ,256,931174,800,000122,294, ,473,000150,990,59879,830, ,815,000156,421,311105,586, ,929,000141,850,55873,117, ,511,000146,211,96096,456, ,650,000130,292,82275,105, ,529,000133,821,178104,405, ,812,000121,105,63067,859, ,778,000126,379,62891,594, ,566,000118,399,98464,991, ,466,000124,150,61492,652, ,938,000110,671,22567,615, ,597,000113,043,73486,515, ,373,000103,291,26558,917, ,309,190105,037,98681,555, ,336,00096,199, ,943, ,776,00097,328,54177,718, ,498,00082,496, ,014, ,328,18681,658,18073,211, ,132,00076,288, ,188, ,090,00073,715,81870,644, ,423,00065,393, ,141, ,159,00064,833, ,838,

Voter Turnout (Presidential v. Congressional Midterm)

Voter Turnout Higher in Presidential Elections Public Perception: President more important More media attention on Presidential election Generally only a few candidates to chose from Less knowledge of Congressional members Less media attention on Congressional election High re-election rate of Congressional members

National Voter Turnout in Federal Elections: 1960–2006 Year Voting-age population Voter registrationVoter turnout Turnout of voting- age population (percent) ,600,000135,889,60080,588, % ,256,931174,800,000122,294, ,473,000150,990,59879,830, ,815,000156,421,311105,586, ,929,000141,850,55873,117, ,511,000146,211,96096,456, ,650,000130,292,82275,105, ,529,000133,821,178104,405, ,812,000121,105,63067,859, ,778,000126,379,62891,594, ,566,000118,399,98464,991,