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Voter turnout rates* among non-Hispanic white voters in U.S. presidential elections from 1980 to 2024, by age

Characteristic	Total	18-24	25-44	45-64	65+
2024	69.2%	52.9%	63.8%	72.7%	76.8%
2020	69.8%	56%	65.1%	72.7%	76.3%
2016	64.1%	45.8%	58.4%	68.4%	72.6%
2012	63%	41.4%	57.2%	68.5%	72.6%
2008	64.8%	48.3%	60.3%	70.1%	71.8%
2004	65.8%	48.5%	61.6%	72%	72.2%
2000	60.4%	37.2%	56.3%	68.4%	70%
1996	59.6%	36.9%	55.1%	68.6%	69.2%
1992	66.9%	-	-	-	-
1988	61.8%	-	-	-	-
1984	63.3%	-	-	-	-
1980	62.8%	-	-	-	-

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2025

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United States

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1964 to 2024

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*Voter turnout figures relate to the share of eligible voters who take part in the election, and does not represent the share of the entire population (for example, under-18's, non-citizens, felons (rules vary)).

Residents in U.S. overseas territories are eligible to vote in general elections, but may not vote in the presidential election.

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Traditionally in the United States, voters who identify as white have the highest turnout rate of all major ethnic groups; when white voters of non-Hispanic origin (defined as European Americans, Middle Eastern Americans and North African Americans) are analyzed separately, the turnout rate increases further. In the past four decades, turnout among non-Hispanic white voters has fluctuated between 59 and 70 percent; three to five percent more than all white voters. In the six most recent elections, over 70 percent of non-Hispanic white people aged 65 and above have voted in presidential elections. In contrast to this, the youngest age bracket of non-Hispanic white voters, those aged 18 to 24 years old, had a turnout rate of just 37 percent in some years; this group still generally has the highest turnout rate among all ethnicities of this age, although black voters aged 18 to 24 did have the highest turnout rate in the 2008 and 2012 elections.