Voter Turnout

Voter Turnout: The percentage of the voting eligible population which voted in a state's U.S. House elections (as opposed to statewide and presidential elections). We use population estimates by Professor Michael McDonald at George Mason University. His figures estimate the number of voting age adults who are eligible to vote, which means they excludes non-citizens and ex-felons in states that disenfranchise them.

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

State
South Dakota
Minnesota
Alaska
Maine
Wyoming
North Dakota
Montana
Vermont
Oregon
New Hampshire
Iowa
Missouri
Maryland
Colorado
Kansas
Michigan
Rhode Island
Idaho
Wisconsin
Hawaii
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Washington
Massachusetts
Delaware

>Turnout
59.6%
58.8%
51.9%
49.7%
49.1%
48.3%
48.2%
47.3%
46.7%
46.2%
45.5%
43.4%
41.4%
41.2%
41.2%
41.1%
41.1%
41.1%
40.0%
39.1%
39.0%
38.4%
38.3%
37.5%
37.5%
Rank
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50

State
Alabama
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
North Carolina
Utah
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Indiana
New Mexico
Mississippi
South Carolina
New Jersey
Nevada
Georgia
Arizona
Florida*
West Virginia
California
Virginia
Texas
New York

Turnout
37.3%
37.1%
37.0%
36.7%
35.6%
35.1%
34.8%
34.6%
34.5%
33.9%
33.8%
33.2%
32.6%
31.8%
31.2%
31.2%
31.0%
30.2%
30.2%
29.4%
28.0%
28.0%
27.4%
27.4%
26.4%
*In Florida, candidates in uncontested races did not appear on the ballot, so voters were not able to cast votes in congressional races in 6 out of the 25 races.