Voter Turnout Statistics
| Year |
Presidential Preference Primary |
First Primary |
Second Primary |
General Election |
| 1954 |
** |
53% |
58% |
47% |
| 1956 |
** |
66% |
* |
70% |
| 1958 |
** |
54% |
30% |
37% |
| 1960
|
**
|
59%
|
63%
|
77%
|
| 1962
|
**
|
43%
|
29%
|
46%
|
| 1964
|
**
|
58%
|
62%
|
74%
|
| 1966
|
**
|
51%
|
58%
|
60%
|
| 1968
|
**
|
44%
|
42%
|
79%
|
|
1970
|
**
|
41%
|
42%
|
62%
|
|
1972
|
58%
|
31%
|
* |
74%
|
|
1974
|
|
33%
|
26%
|
50%
|
|
1976
|
56%
|
32%
|
* |
77%
|
|
1978
|
|
36%
|
33%
|
60%
|
|
1980
|
43%
|
36%
|
38%
|
77%
|
|
1982
|
|
30%
|
15%
|
55%
|
|
1984
|
33%
|
* |
* |
75%
|
|
1986
|
|
30%
|
24%
|
61%
|
|
1988
|
43%
|
31%
|
23%
|
73%
|
|
1990
|
|
34%
|
25%
|
60%
|
|
1992
|
38%
|
35%
|
17%
|
83%
|
|
1994
|
|
29%
|
12%
|
66%
|
|
1996
|
29%
|
26%
|
* |
67%
|
|
1998
|
|
17%
|
7%
|
49%
|
|
2000
|
19%
|
25%
|
12%
|
70%
|
|
2002
|
|
29%
|
***
|
55%
|
|
2004
|
20%
|
26%
|
***
|
74%
|
|
2006
|
|
20%
|
***
|
47%
|
|
2008
|
42%
|
18%
|
***
|
75%
|
|
2010
|
|
22%
|
***
|
49%
|
|
2012
|
41%
|
21%
|
***
|
72%
|
|
AVG
|
38%
|
36%
|
32%
|
64%
|
* In several years both parties did not have statewide races on the ballot at the second primary.
** There were no presidential preference primaries prior to 1972.
*** There have been no second primaries since 2000.
