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11. Figure 6.4: Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections, by Age, Schooling, and Race, 1964-1996 Source: Updated from Gary R. Orren, āThe Linkage of Policy to Participation,ā in Presidential Selection , ed. Alexander Heard and Michael Nelson (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1987). Data for 1996 are from Statistical Abstract of the United States 1998 , 296, as supplied by Christopher Blunt.
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31. Figure 6.2: Voter Participation in Presidential Elections, 1860-1996 Source: For 1860-1928: Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics for the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 , part 2, 1071; 1932-1992: Statistical Abstract of the United States , 1992, 517.