1. People with Disabilities 60-100: Excellent Participation
Voter Participation in 2016 for People with Disabilities: State Score Card
State
Voter Participation:
People with Disabilities
Nebraska
74.3
Colorado
71.7
Maine
70.2
Montana
68.0
Arizona
66.5
New Hampshire
66.1
Illinois
65.8
Idaho
64.5
Connecticut
64.3
North Carolina
63.4
Wisconsin
62.2
Michigan
61.9
Utah
61.1
Mississippi
60.9
Washington
59.7
Maryland
55.8
Alaska
55.2
North Dakota
Washington DC
55.0
Massachusetts
54.3
Florida
53.0
Minnesota
52.6
New Jersey
52.4
Nevada
51.7
Georgia
51.0
Vermont
50.6
Virginia
50.2
Iowa
47.8
Missouri
47.4
Wyoming
44.8
New Mexico
44.7
Hawaii
44.1
Pennsylvania
Oregon
43.7
Ohio
42.4
Kansas
42.1
Delaware
California
40.8
South Dakota
40.0
Oklahoma
39.7
Texas
39.3
Arkansas
38.7
South Carolina
37.3
Rhode Island
36.5
Indiana
35.4
New York
34.3
Louisiana
33.2
Alabama
31.7
Tennessee
31.1
West Virginia
28.9
Kentucky
22.6
Voter participation for people with disabilities is standardized and converted into a scale showing state’s voter turn out for the 2016 national election:
High scores closer to 100 indicate a good voter turn out for people with disabilities in the state
Low scores closer to 0 indicate a poor voter turn out for people with disabilities.
Scores are shaded with a color gradient with light orange used for high scores and dark orange for low scores.
The Americans with Disabilities Act Participation Action Research Consortium (ADA-PARC) is a collaborative national project to examine participation disparities experienced by people with disabilities in 3 major areas: Community Living, Community Participation, and Work & Economics.
For more information about participation disparities for people with disabilities visit ADAPARC.ORG
Key:
60-100: Excellent Participation
50-60: Good Participation
40-50: Fair Participation
0-40: Poor Participation
This slide shows the many collaborators involved in ADA PARC, including all ten ADA Centers (Southwest, Southeast, Great Lakes, Pacific, Rocky Mountain, Mid Atlantic, Northwest, Great Plains, Northeast and New England ADA Centers), The ADA National Network KT Center, and four universities & research organizations (TIRR Memorial Hermann, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Syracuse University and the University of Northern Colorado) that have come together to document participation disparities and opportunities in ways that can be used by the community to take action.
For more information on how scores are computed, contact the PIs: Lex Frieden at and Joy Hammel at
For access to data utilized for benchmarking refer to Fact Sheet: Disability and Voter Turnout in the 2016 Elections by Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations go to
*Data for Puerto Rico not available
ADA-PARC is funded by the National Institute for Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under grants 90DP0026 and 90DPAD0001