US presidential election voting

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Data on voter turn out and number of votes per candidate in US presidential elections since 1932.

First the voter turnout as percentage of population with voting age.

Graph showing voter turnout as percentage of voting age population, for US presidential elections since 1932 Data: Year Percentage 1932 53% 1936 57% 1940 59% 1944 56% 1948 51% 1952 62% 1956 59% 1960 63% 1964 61% 1968 61% 1972 55% 1976 54% 1980 53% 1984 53% 1988 50% 1992 55% 1996 49% 2000 50% 2004 56% 2008 57% 2012 55% 2016 55% 2020 62%

Number of votes per candidate per election.

Graph showing votes cast per party of the presidential candidates in US elections since 1932. Data: Year Democratic Republican Other 1932 22821277 15761254 1234469 1936 27747636 16679543 1219821 1940 27313945 22347744 153311 1944 25612916 22017929 395155 1948 24179347 21991292 2663361 1952 27375090 34075529 101381 1956 26028028 35579180 419792 1960 34220984 34108157 506859 1964 43127041 27175754 1968 31271839 31783783 9971378 1972 29173222 47168710 1283068 1976 40831881 39148634 1622485 1980 35480115 43903230 7113655 1984 37577352 54455472 622176 1988 41809074 48886097 891829 1992 44909806 39104550 20585644 1996 47401185 39197469 9791346 2000 50999897 50456002 4138101 2004 59028444 62040610 1279946 2008 69498516 59948323 1960161 2012 65915795 60933504 2385701 2016 65844610 62979636 7845030 2020 81283501 74223975 4182981

And the distribution of votes per candidate per election.

Graph showing distribution of votes cast per party of the presidential candidates in US elections since 1932. Data: Year Democratic Republican Other 1932 57% 40% 3% 1936 61% 37% 3% 1940 55% 45% 0% 1944 53% 46% 1% 1948 50% 45% 5% 1952 44% 55% 0% 1956 42% 57% 1% 1960 50% 50% 1% 1964 61% 39% 0% 1968 43% 44% 14% 1972 38% 61% 2% 1976 50% 48% 2% 1980 41% 51% 8% 1984 41% 59% 1% 1988 46% 53% 1% 1992 43% 37% 20% 1996 49% 41% 10% 2000 48% 48% 4% 2004 48% 51% 1% 2008 53% 46% 1% 2012 51% 47% 2% 2016 48% 46% 6% 2020 51% 46% 3%