This statistic shows the voting rate in the United States in 2012. 56.5 percent of the overall population voted in the presedential elections.
Voting rate in the presidential elections in the United States in 2012
Characteristic
Percentage of population
Percentage of total population that voted
56.5%
Percentage of citizen population that voted
61.8%
Percentage of population, registered to vote
71.2%
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US Census Bureau. (May 8, 2013). Voting rate in the presidential elections in the United States in 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/195373/voting-rate-in-the-presidential-elections-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau. "Voting rate in the presidential elections in the United States in 2012." Chart. May 8, 2013. Statista. Accessed February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195373/voting-rate-in-the-presidential-elections-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau. (2013). Voting rate in the presidential elections in the United States in 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195373/voting-rate-in-the-presidential-elections-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau. "Voting Rate in The Presidential Elections in The United States in 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195373/voting-rate-in-the-presidential-elections-in-the-us-in-2008/
US Census Bureau, Voting rate in the presidential elections in the United States in 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195373/voting-rate-in-the-presidential-elections-in-the-us-in-2008/ (last visited February 25, 2025)
Voting rate in the presidential elections in the United States in 2012 [Graph], US Census Bureau, May 8, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/195373/voting-rate-in-the-presidential-elections-in-the-us-in-2008/
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