THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Voter Registration  1952-2004


                           '52  '54  '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
 Nonvoter, Not Registered   20   **   18   **   16   **   14   **   15   **    9   **   20   28   21   23   18   26   20   30   18   24   14   19   15   14   11 
     Nonvoter, Registered    7   **    9   **    5   **    8   **    9   **    6   **    9   17    7   17    8   21   10   23    7   20   13   28   12   23   13 
       Voted (Registered)   73   **   73   **   79   **   78   **   76   **   85   **   72   55   71   60   74   53   70   47   75   56   73   52   73   63   77
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                       N  1714      1762      1829      1450      1391      1960      2403 2292 1407 1406 1989 2174 1773 1979 2256 1795 1503 1272 1537 1309 1059  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 6A.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1952-1976,1980: "Now how about the election this November. (1952-1964:
     Do you know if you are; 1968-1980: Are you) registered/eligible so
     that you could vote in the November election if you wanted to?"
     1952,1978,1982-LATER: "Were you registered to vote in this election?"
       

     NOTE:  
     1972 Form II respondents were not asked about registration; Form II
     nonvoters are not represented.
     For 1952 cases without pre-election interviews, post-election
     registration data have been used.

     This question is variable VCF0703 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05