Table V2.  Percent Reported Voting and Registering, by Age and Region,
                in November Elections:  1964-1994

     (Reported voting for any office or issue on ballot)
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                               Age (in years)            The    Outside
     Election         18-24    25-44    45-64    65+    South  the South
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     VOTING
     1994             20.0     39.1     56.0    60.7    40.5     46.9
     1992             42.8     58.3     70.0    70.1    59.0     62.5
     1990             20.4     40.7     55.8    60.3    42.4     46.4
     1988             36.2     54.0     67.9    68.8    54.4     58.9
     1986             21.9     41.4     58.7    60.9    43.0     47.5
     1984             40.8     58.4     69.8    67.7    56.8     61.6
     1982             24.8     45.4     62.2    59.9    41.8     51.9
     1980             39.9     58.7     69.3    65.1    55.6     61.0
     1978             23.5     43.1     58.5    55.9    39.6     48.9
     1976             42.2     58.7     68.7    62.2    54.9     61.2
     1974             23.8     42.2     56.9    51.4    36.0     48.8
     1972             49.6     62.7     70.8    63.5    55.4     66.4
     1970             30.4     51.9     64.2    57.0    44.7     59.0
     1968             50.4     66.6     74.9    65.8    60.1     71.0
     1966             31.1     53.1     64.5    56.1    43.0     60.9
     1964             50.9     69.0     75.9    66.3    56.7     74.6

     REGISTERING
     1994             42.2     57.5     71.0    75.6    60.1     62.8
     1992             52.5     64.8     75.3    78.0    67.2     68.7
     1990             39.9     58.4     71.4    76.5    61.3     62.6
     1988             48.2     63.0     75.5    78.4    65.6     67.1
     1986             42.0     61.1     74.8    76.9    63.0     64.9
     1984             51.3     66.6     76.6    76.9    66.9     69.0
     1982             42.4     61.5     75.6    75.2    61.7     65.2
     1980             49.2     65.6     75.8    74.6    64.8     67.9
     1978             40.5     60.2     74.3    72.8    60.1     63.8
     1976             51.3     65.5     75.5    71.4    64.6     67.7
     1974             41.3     59.9     73.6    70.2    59.8     63.3
     1972             58.9     71.3     79.7    75.6    68.7     73.9
     1970             40.9     65.0     77.5    73.7    63.8     70.0
     1968             56.0     72.4     81.1    75.6    69.2     76.5
     1966             44.1     67.6     78.9    73.5    62.2     73.8
     1964              NA       NA       NA       NA     NA       NA
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     Note: Prior to 1972, data are for persons of voting age,
         21 years old and over, in most States.
     Source: For years prior to 1994, Current Population Reports,
         Series P20 Nos. 453 and 466.