State Year Registered Voting Turnout Year Registered Voting Turnout Reg. Chan Vote Chang
Alabama 2002 2,356,423 1,367,053 58.01% 1998 2,316,598 1,317,852 56.89% 39,825 49,201 1.13%
Alaska 2002 460,855 232,852 50.53% 1998 453,332 227,156 50.11% 7,523 5,696 0.42%
Arizona 2002 2,229,180 1,255,615 56.33% 1998 2,264,301 1,037,550 45.82% -35,121 218,065 10.50%
Arkansas 2002 1,616,895 817,118 50.54% 1998 1,472,083 706,011 47.96% 144,812 111,107 2.58%
California 2002 15,303,469 7,738,821 50.57%  1998 14,969,185 8,617,649 57.57% 334,284 -878,828 -7.00%
Colorado 2002 2,897,285 1,432,818 49.45% 1998.00 2,563,441 1,327,325 51.78% 333,844 105,493 -2.33%
Connecticut 2002 1,847,247 1,043,792 56.51% 1998 1,806,750 1,022,453 56.59% 40,497 21,339 -0.09%
Delaware 2002 522,768 235,246 45.00% 1998 462,800 180,527 39.01% 59,968 54,719 5.99%
DC 2002 363,211 133,302 36.70% 1998 353,503 141,977 40.16% 9,708 -8,675 -3.46%
Florida 2002 9,302,360 5,143,674 55.29% 1998 8,220,211 4,070,262 49.52% 1,082,149 1,073,412 5.78%
Georgia 2002 3,758,717 2,048,998 54.51% 1998 3,910,740 1,792,748 45.84% -152,023 256,250 8.67%
Hawaii 2002 676,242 385,462 57.00% 1998 601,404 412,520 68.59% 74,838 -27,058 -11.59%
Idaho 2002 679,535 416,533 61.30% 1998 661,433 386,720 58.47% 18,102 29,813 2.83%
Illinois 2002 7,043,557 3,653,060 51.86% 1998 6,753,868 3,541,379 52.43% 289,689 111,681 -0.57%
Indiana 2002 4,008,636 1,523,282 38.00% 1998 3,703,978 1,637,090 44.20% 304,658 -113,808 -6.20%
Iowa 2002 1,814,563 1,040,021 57.32% 1998 1,769,827 973,032 54.98% 44,736 66,989 2.34%
Kansas 2002 1,615,699 851,966 52.73% 1998 1,513,685 743,288 49.10% 102,014 108,678 3.63%
Kentucky 2002 2,649,084 1,259,089 47.53% 1998 2,590,339 1,215,053 46.91% 58,745 44,036 0.62%
Louisiana 2002 2,806,202 1,267,225 45.16% 1998 2,686,560 962,829 35.84% 119,642 304,396 9.32%
Maine 2002 950,059 505,190 53.17% 1998 933,753 421,009 45.09% 16,306 84,181 8.09%
Maryland 2002 2,776,362 1,717,068 61.85% 1998 2,569,649 1,556,994 60.59% 206,713 160,074 1.25%
Massachusetts 2002 3,972,651 2,220,301 55.89% 1998 3,718,528 1,935,277 52.04% 254,123 285,024 3.85%
Michigan 2002 6,797,293 3,219,864 47.37% 1998 6,300,000 3,143,432 49.90% 497,293 76,432 -2.53%
Minnesota 2002 2,844,428 2,282,860 80.26% 1998 3,000,412 2,105,343 70.17% -155,984 177,517 10.09%
Mississippi 2002 1,865,382 677,636 36.33% 1998 1,779,932 550,694 30.94% 85,450 126,942 5.39%
Missouri 2002 3,681,844 1,877,620 51.00% 1998 3,635,991 1,576,857 43.37% 45,853 300,763 7.63%
Montana 2002 624,548 340,272 54.48% 1998 639,241 338,733 52.99% -14,693 1,539 1.49%
Nebraska 2002 1,083,544 490,914 45.31% 1998 1,056,351 581,775 55.07% 27,193 -90,861 -9.77%
Nevada 2002 869,859 512,433 58.91% 1998 897,899 440,042 49.01% -28,040 72,391 9.90%
New Hampshire 2002 690,159 453,078 65.65% 1998 747,608 330,555 44.22% -57,449 122,523 21.43%
New Jersey 2002 4,654,897 2,161,105 46.43% 1998 4,538,820 1,897,685 41.81% 116,077 263,420 4.62%
New Mexico 2002 950,294 502,230 52.85% 1998 918,711 517,355 56.31% 31,583 -15,125 -3.46%
New York 2002 11,246,362 4,690,968 41.71% 1998 10,740,788 4,985,932 46.42% 505,574 -294,964 -4.71%
North Carolina 2002 4,999,736 2,349,966 47.00% 1998 4,294,426 2,012,149 46.85% 705,310 337,817 0.15%
North Dakota 2002 481,351 237,224 49.28% 1998 475,860 217,584 45.72% 5,491 19,640 3.56%
Ohio 2002 7,104,549 3,295,972 46.39% 1998 7,198,518 3,463,483 48.11% -93,969 -167,511 -1.72%
Oklahoma 2002 2,067,911 1,042,968 50.44% 1998 2,059,817 880,331 42.74% 8,094 162,637 7.70%
Oregon 2002 1,872,615 1,293,756 69.09% 1998 1,965,981 1,160,400 59.02% -93,366 133,356 10.06%
Pennsylvania 2002 7,835,775 3,581,989 45.71% 1998 7,258,822 3,025,152 41.68% 576,953 556,837 4.04%
Rhode Island 2002 672,950 337,027 50.08% 1998 632,955 309,835 48.95% 39,995 27,192 1.13%
South Carolina 2002 2,047,368 1,116,936 54.55% 1998 2,021,763 1,098,484 54.33% 25,605 18,452 0.22%
South Dakota 2002 475,984 340,407 71.52% 1998 452,901 266,355 58.81% 23,083 74,052 12.71%
Tennessee 2002 3,347,979 1,687,543 50.40% 1998 3,154,487 1,026,017 32.53% 193,492 661,526 17.88%
Texas 2002 12,563,459 4,552,059 36.23% 1998 11,538,235 3,738,483 32.40% 1,025,224 813,576 3.83%
Utah 2002 1,135,492 568,290 50.05% 1998 1,115,821 506,553 45.40% 19,671 61,737 4.65%
Vermont 2002 418,718 232,993 55.64% 1998 402,603 220,991 54.89% 16,115 12,002 0.75%
Virginia 2002 4,217,810 1,661,915 39.40% 1998 3,724,683 1,229,139 33.00% 493,127 432,776 6.40%
Washington 2002 3,209,648 1,808,720 56.35% 1998 3,119,562 1,939,421 62.17% 90,086 -130,701 -5.82%
West Virginia 2002 1,060,892 440,156 41.49% 1998 1,007,811 405,139 40.20% 53,081 35,017 1.29%
Wisconsin 2002 3,900,000 1,775,349 45.52% 1998 3,900,000 1,756,014 45.03% 0 19,335 0.50%
Wyoming 2002 241,200 188,028 77.96% 1998 239,539 178,401 74.48% 1,661 9,627 3.48%
Totals 2002 162,613,047 80,008,764 49.20% 1998 155,115,505 74,129,035 47.79% 7,497,542 5,879,729 1.41%