Voter Participation Statistics

Presidential Elections

Year	*Estimated Voting Age Population	Registered	Percentage of Voting Age Population Registered	Votes Cast	Percent of Registered Voters Voting	Percent of Voting Age Population Voting
1952	1,533,500	1,392,594	90.81 %	1,116,414	80.17 %	72.80 %
1956	1,622,500	1,451,375	89.45 %	1,164,104	80.21 %	71.75 %
1960	1,753,700	1,527,510	87.10 %	1,257,952	82.35 %	71.73 %
1964	1,857,900	1,582,046	85.15 %	1,276,956	80.72 %	68.73 %
1968	1,975,000	1,649,734	83.53 %	1,310,942	79.46 %	66.38 %
1972	2,306,000	1,974,849	85.64 %	1,519,771	76.96 %	65.91 %
1976	2,546,000	2,065,378	81.12 %	1,584,590	76.72 %	62.24 %
1980	2,992,000	2,236,603	74.75 %	1,722,904	77.03 %	57.58 %
1984	3,182,000	2,457,667	77.24 %	1,931,546	78.59 %	60.70 %
1988	3,417,000	2,499,309	73.14 %	1,923,043	76.94 %	56.28 %
1992	3,818,000	2,814,680	73.72 %	2,324,907	82.60 %	60.89 %
1996	4,122,000	3,078,208	74.68 %	2,293,895	74.52 %	55.65 %
2000	4,368,000	3,335,714	76.37 %	2,517,028	75.46 %	57.62 %
2004	4,646,000	3,508,208	75.51 %	2,884,783	82.23 %	62.09 %
2008	5,010,844	3,630,118	72.45 %	3,071,587	84.61 %	61.30 %
2012	5,221,125	3,904,959	74.79 %	3,172,930	81.25 %	60.77 %

Mid-Term Elections

Year	*Estimated Voting Age Population	Registered	Percentage of Voting Age Population Registered	Votes Cast	Percent of Registered Voters Voting	Percent of Voting Age Population Voting
1958	1,703,200	1,375,035	80.73 %	978,400	71.15 %	57.44 %
1962	1,813,500	1,446,593	79.77 %	971,706	67.17 %	53.58 %
1966	1,869,400	1,472,054	78.74 %	987,134	67.06 %	52.80 %
1970	2,078,000	1,562,916	75.21 %	1,123,000	71.85 %	54.04 %
1974	2,419,000	1,896,214	78.39 %	1,044,425	55.08 %	43.18 %
1978	2,651,000	1,960,900	73.97 %	1,028,854	52.47 %	38.81 %
1982	3,119,000	2,105,563	67.51 %	1,404,831	66.72 %	45.04 %
1986	3,307,000	2,230,354	67.44 %	1,358,160	60.89 %	41.07 %
1990	3,650,000	2,225,101	60.96 %	1,362,651	61.24 %	37.33 %
1994	4,000,000	2,896,519	72.41 %	1,733,471	59.85 %	43.34 %
1998	4,257,000	3,119,562	73.28 %	1,939,421	62.17 %	45.56 %
2002	4,519,000	3,209,648	71.03 %	1,808,720	56.35 %	40.02 %
2006	4,821,000	3,264,511	67.71 %	2,107,370	64.55 %	43.71 %
2010	5,149,729	3,601,268	69.93 %	2,565,589	71.24 %	49.82 %

*Statistics obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Washington State Office of Financial Management.