Year

Number Voting

Number Registered

Voting Age Population

(VAP)

Turnout

(% of VAP)

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS

1980

1,175,292

5,429,071

6,510,000

18.1

1984

1,140,634

5,668,050

6,551,000

17.4

1988

1,118,006

5,768,080

6,774,000

16.5

1992

1,461,562

5,956,403

6,947,000

21.0

1996

1,310,293

6,502,772

7,177,000

18.3

2000

1,226,096

6,743,128

7,358,000

16.7

2004

1,384,243

6,916,340

7,541,000

18.4

2008

1,434,734

7,243,261

7,613,000

18.8

GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION YEARS

1978

1,239,464

5,097,852

6,405,000

19.4

1982

1,601,890

5,506,794

6,554,000

24.4

1986

1,168,617

5,675,196

6,675,000

17.5

1990

1,032,939

5,817,360

6,851,000

15.1

1994

1,420,135

6,068,536

6,983,000

20.3

1998

1,375,593

6,889,429

7,227,000

19.0

2002

1,722,869

6,807,837

7,400,000

23.3

2006

1,282,203

7,113,246

7,597,000

16.9