Voter Turnout History for Primary Elections by Party Affiliation

Voter Turnout History for Primary Elections
by Party Affiliation

Year	Democrats			Republicans			Non-Affiliated Voters			Other Parties
Year	Registered	Voted	% Turnout	Registered	Voted	% Turnout	Registered	Voted	% Turnout	Registered	Voted	% Turnout
2004	729,233	394,439	54.09%	675,434	348,660	51.62%	394,789	104,441	26.45%	63,463	17,295	27.25%
2002	720,022	374,246	51.98%	669,994	357,764	53.40%	390,889	109,905	28.12%	58,167	16,610	28.56%
2000	723,833	406,742	56.19%	657,303	378,215	57.54%	377,783	119,192	31.55%	49,161	14,446	29.39%
1998	776,993	309,640	39.85%	693,890	279,898	40.34%	392,045	67,583	17.24%	43,749	6,574	15.03%
1996	766,703	327,064	42.66%	681,221	304,572	44.71%	357,986	61,395	17.15%	45,589	5959	13.07%
1994	760,858	306,137	40.24%	626,407	293,975	46.93%	283,585	50,925	17.96%	59,712	10,680	17.89%
1992	707,069	383,319	54.21%	585,637	311,417	53.18%	243,091	28,254	11.62%	7,518	35,469	***
1990	685,352	324,922	47.41%	558,554	283,132	50.69%	189,200	25,876	13.68%	4,356	27,060	***
1988	672,014	401,473	59.74%	538,273	302,875	56.27%
1986	708,351	339,323	47.90%	564,230	308,950	54.76%
1984	736,592	416,507	56.55%	527,041	297,664	56.48%
1982	713,727	346,474	48.54%	528,495	274,168	51.88%
1980	715,102	404,986	56.63%	503,440	329,770	65.50%
1978	767,917	315,515	41.09%	486,541	259,145	53.26%
1976	740,621	451,452	60.96%	473,779	312,752	66.01%
1974	711,538	330,163	46.40%	481,599	251,147	52.15%
1972	656,572	420,523	64.05%	464,797	301,510	64.87%
1970	557,189	300,012	53.84%	437,188	260,914	59.68%
1968	550,121	394,454	71.70%	428,626	324,023	75.60%
1966	507,603	267,808	52.76%	399,297	244,148	61.14%
1964	456,508	305,583	66.94%	383,752	292,539	76.23%
1962	457,224	236,808	51.79%	383,253	220,273	57.47%
1960	420,958	286,868	68.15%	365,377	256,447	70.19%
*** Percentages for "Others" do not accurately reflect "Others" voting because NAVs voting nonpartisan are included in the "Others Voting" total.

Last update 7/19/2004