VOTER PARTICIPATION
While voter participation in presidential elections has slipped here during recent years, people still go to the polls about 9% more often than the state average. Following is a list of the registered Democrats and Republicans in the county, the percentage of Orange County registered voters who voted in the past 15 general elections and the percentage of all eligible adults in the county who voted in those elections.
Percentage of Percentage of All Registered Registered Registered Voters Those Eligible to Year Democrats Republicans Who Voted Vote Who Did * 1928 11,487 36,036 81.9 72.0 1932 21,712 37,921 81.5 65.0 1936 35,222 28,805 93.4 68.0 1940 42,890 35,811 79.9 74.9 1944 37,100 37,790 88.4 72.0 1948 46,555 48,813 81.1 61.2 1952 56,216 66,147 88.0 70.8 1956 86,996 98,808 89.1 68.0 1960 154,373 153,915 80.7 72.6 1964 215,749 229,943 89.9 72.1 1968 243,469 306,696 87.3 75.1 1972 337,279 394,935 85.1 68.0 1976 390,445 399,099 81.1 64.1 1980 422,303 465,792 78.3 57.8 1984 412,706 569,578 78.3 61.0 1988 410,644 650,348 -- --
* Approximations, exact figures are unavailable.
Source: “California Almanac,” “California Votes, 1928-1960” “California Votes, 1960-1972,” and the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
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