In the 2024 presidential election, 73.6% of eligible Americans were registered to vote, and 65.3% of them did. Most likely to cast ballots? Older and white voters.
How many Americans turn out to vote?
Voter turnout is consistently highest in presidential election years.
So far this century, 47.8% of voting-age US citizens turned out for the average midterm election, compared to 63.8% for the average presidential elections.
Presidential elections have higher turnout than midterms.
Percentage of voter-age citizen population who reported voting by election, 1978–2024
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While the 2020 election had the highest turnout in 28 years — 67% of registered voters — recent midterm elections have also brought voters out in record numbers. In the 2022 midterms, 69.1% of eligible voters registered to vote and 52.2% ultimately cast a ballot. This was a historic high for midterms, second only to 2018’s midterm peak of 53% for highest on record.
Does voting behavior differ across racial/ethnic groups?
In general, white non-Hispanic Americans vote at the highest rates.
White Americans vote at the highest rates of any racial group.
Percentage of voting-age citizens who reported voting in presidential elections in 2022 and 2024, by race
In 2024, 70.5% of eligible white non-Hispanic people voted, compared to 59.6% of Black voters, 57.1% of Asian voters, and 50.6% of Hispanic voters of any race. This discrepancy was consistent with midterm turnout in 2022: 57.6% for white voters, 45.1% for Black voters, 40.2% for Asian voters, and 37.9% for Hispanic voters.
Non-Hispanic white, Black, Asian, and Hispanic voters all had a decrease in turnout from the 2020 election. Hispanic voters saw the largest decrease, at nearly 6 percentage points.
Voter turnout decreased across race and ethnicity in 2024.
Percentage of voting-age citizens who reported voting in presidential elections, 1980–2024
The discrepancies widen if we look at the entire US voting-age population rather than only citizens. Asian and Hispanic residents have lower citizenship rates than white residents, so their voting rates as a percentage of the entire population are lower by wider margins. Over 60% of Asian and Hispanic citizens were registered in 2020, but less than half of the total Asian and Hispanic populations were.
How does voting behavior differ by age?
Voting rates also vary by age, with turnout increasing as voters age.
In 2024, 47.7% of citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 voted, compared to 60.2% of 25- to 44-year-olds, 70.0% of 45- to 64-year-olds, and 74.7% of people 65 and older.
Older voters turn out at higher rates than younger ones.
Percentage of voting-age citizens who reported voting in presidential elections, 2004–2024
Which states have the highest and lowest voter turnout?
In the 2024 election, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington, DC, had the highest citizen voting rates. Arkansans, Texans, and Louisianians turned out at the lowest rates.
Washington, DC, Minnesota, and Oregon had voting rates of at least 75% in 2024.
Percentage of voting-age citizens who reported voting in the presidential election
States with higher turnout tended to vote for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, while states with lower turnout tended to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Seven of the top 10 states by citizen turnout plus Washington, DC, voted blue; 8 of the bottom 10 states voted red.
Seven of the top 10 states by voter turnout voted for Harris in 2024.
Reported voter turnout and party of presidential election winner
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All of the data on the page was sourced directly from government agencies. The analysis and final review was performed by USAFacts.
Census Bureau
Historical Reported Voting Rates
