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 |