GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

2 indicators · 1930–2025 · every value from its primary publisher

┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Voter Turnoutpercent of voting-age population, presidential elections · 1976–2024 · Census Bureau, CPS Voting and Registration, Table A-1

59.3%2024

+0.1 pts since 1976
59.2% then

Federal Deficitpercent of GDP (negative = deficit) · FRED FYFSGDA188S

−5.8%2025

−1.9 pts since 1976
−3.9% then

Data

Complete year-by-year values, raw numbers in the unit in each column header. Machine-readable: stats.json · stats.csv.

Year	Voter Turnoutpercent of voting-age population, presidential elections · 1964–2024	Federal Deficitpercent of GDP (negative = deficit) · 1930–2025
1930		0.8
1931		-0.6
1932		-4.6
1933		-4.6
1934		-5.4
1935		-3.8
1936		-5.1
1937		-2.4
1938		-0.1
1939		-3
1940		-2.8
1941		-3.8
1942		-12.4
1943		-26.9
1944		-21.2
1945		-20.9
1946		-7
1947		1.6
1948		4.3
1949		0.2
1950		-1
1951		1.8
1952		-0.4
1953		-1.7
1954		-0.3
1955		-0.7
1956		0.9
1957		0.7
1958		-0.6
1959		-2.5
1960		0.1
1961		-0.6
1962		-1.2
1963		-0.7
1964	69.3	-0.9
1965		-0.2
1966		-0.5
1967		-1
1968	67.8	-2.7
1969		0.3
1970		-0.3
1971		-2
1972	63	-1.8
1973		-1
1974		-0.4
1975		-3.2
1976	59.2	-3.9
1977		-2.6
1978		-2.5
1979		-1.6
1980	59.2	-2.6
1981		-2.5
1982		-3.8
1983		-5.7
1984	59.9	-4.6
1985		-4.9
1986		-4.8
1987		-3.1
1988	57.4	-3
1989		-2.7
1990		-3.7
1991		-4.4
1992	61.3	-4.5
1993		-3.7
1994		-2.8
1995		-2.1
1996	54.2	-1.3
1997		-0.3
1998		0.8
1999		1.3
2000	54.7	2.3
2001		1.2
2002		-1.4
2003		-3.3
2004	58.3	-3.4
2005		-2.4
2006		-1.8
2007		-1.1
2008	58.2	-3.1
2009		-9.8
2010		-8.6
2011		-8.3
2012	56.5	-6.6
2013		-4
2014		-2.8
2015		-2.4
2016	56	-3.1
2017		-3.4
2018		-3.8
2019		-4.6
2020	61.3	-14.5
2021		-11.7
2022		-5.3
2023		-6.1
2024	59.3	-6.2
2025		-5.8

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