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Election Year: Voting in the
2000 Presidential Election |
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Casting Type |
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Eighty-six percent of registered voters cast ballots in
the 2000
Presidential election. Among those who didn't vote, 21% were too
busy, 7.7% didn't like the candidates, and 4% forgot to vote.Seventy
percent of all eligible voters (citizens 18 and over) were registered to vote.
Sixty percent of all eligible voters in the United States actually voted in
2000. Voting participation rates varied dramatically by state. The highest
voting rates were found in the District of Columbia, North Dakota,
Wisconsin, Maine and Minnesota, each at around 70%. The lowest state
participation was found in Hawaii, at 44%. |
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During the 2000 election, you were most likely to vote if you
were a white
non-hispanic woman ((63%), 55 to 74 years old (71%), married with a
spouse present (68%), having obtained an advanced college degree (82%),
making $75,000 or more annually (75%), and living in the same owner-
occupied housing unit (65%) for 5 years or longer (72%). |
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*NOTE: For more detailed information about the demographics of the
voting population, download and read the Census Bureau's Current Population Report,
P20-542, Voting
and Registration in the Election of November 2000 (PDF). |
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