Elections

VERMONT VOTER REGISTRATION, TURNOUT AND ABSENTEE VOTER STATISTICS

1974 TO 2008

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Election Year	Voter Registration	Voter Turnout	Absentee Voters (included in turnout #)	Voting Age Population (based on 10 year census figure)	Percentage of Voting Age Population to Voter Turnout	Population (based on 10 year census figure)
1974	266,649	144,556	6,871	287,745	50.2%	444,732
1976	284,294	193,655	14,580	287,745	67.3%	444,732
1978	286,275	127,849	6,966	287,745	44.4%	444,732
1980	311,919	215,500	17,177	366,138	58.9%	511,456
1982	315,767	172,084	9,475	366,138	47.0%	511,456
1984	333,778	235,140	21,443	366,138	64.2%	511,456
1986	328,466	198,616	13,531	366,138	54.2%	511,456
1988	348,312	247,075	23,073	366,138	67.5%	511,456
1990	350,349	215,970	14,685	419,185	51.5%	562,758
1992	383,371	292,797	29,683	419,185	69.8%	562,758
1994	373,442	216,666	20,913	419,185	51.7%	562,758
1996	385,328	261,469	29,403	419,185	62.4%	562,758
1998	400,221	220,991	23,681	419,185	52.7%	562,758
2000	427,354	297,146	57,031	479,388	62.0%	609,909
2002	418,718	232,993	35,417	483,586	48.2%	615,250
2004	444,077	314,220	60,102	486,372	64.6%	618,794
2006	433,576	262,568	53,092	487,931	53.8%	620,778
2008	454,466	326,822	94,664	489,901	66.7%	621,254
2010	453,181	243,617	50,474	496,508	49.1%	625,741

NOTE: Prior to Election Year 2000, the population numbers are based on the decennial U.S. Census.
2008 turnout is based on U.S. Census estimates for 2007.