Table 1: Civic Participation (Percentage of population voting in 1998
general election)
STATE |
RANK |
% VOTING IN LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION |
ALABAMA |
33 |
47.7 |
ALASKA |
14 |
56.9 |
ARIZONA |
43 |
45.4 |
ARKANSAS |
34 |
47.5 |
CALIFORNIA |
45 |
43.3 |
COLORADO |
24 |
53.1 |
CONNECTICUT |
15 |
56.4 |
DELAWARE |
28 |
49.5 |
FLORIDA |
32 |
48.0 |
GEORGIA |
46 |
42.6 |
HAWAII |
49 |
40.8 |
IDAHO |
7 |
58.2 |
ILLINOIS |
29 |
49.2 |
INDIANA |
31 |
48.9 |
IOWA |
9 |
57.7 |
KANSAS |
14 |
56.8 |
KENTUCKY |
34 |
47.5 |
LOUISIANA |
12 |
56.9 |
MAINE |
1 |
64.5 |
MARYLAND |
38 |
46.7 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
18 |
55.3 |
MICHIGAN |
20 |
54.5 |
MINNESOTA |
2 |
64.3 |
MISSISSIPPI |
42 |
45.6 |
MISSOURI |
22 |
54.2 |
MONTANA |
3 |
62.4 |
NEBRASKA |
17 |
56.1 |
NEVADA |
50 |
39.3 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
8 |
58.0 |
NEW JERSEY |
25 |
51.2 |
NEW MEXICO |
40 |
46.0 |
NEW YORK |
39 |
46.5 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
41 |
45.8 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
12 |
55.6 |
OHIO |
21 |
54.3 |
OKLAHOMA |
27 |
49.9 |
OREGON |
10 |
57.5 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
30 |
49.0 |
RHODE ISLAND |
24 |
52.0 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
47 |
41.5 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
4 |
61.1 |
TENNESSEE |
37 |
47.1 |
TEXAS |
48 |
41.2 |
UTAH |
26 |
50.3 |
VERMONT |
6 |
58.6 |
VIRGINIA |
34 |
47.5 |
WASHINGTON |
19 |
54.7 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
44 |
45.0 |
WISCONSIN |
11 |
57.4 |
WYOMING |
5 |
60.1 |