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The Rising American Electorate: Massively Under-registered

The Rising American Electorate: Massively Under-registered

This state-by-state chart clearly demonstrates the gap between the RAE as a percent of the adult population and as a percent of the voting eligible population (VEP) and illustrates the need and opportunity to focus on registering and turning out the groups who make up the RAE — unmarried women, people of color and young people between 18-29.

	Total Vote Elligible Population	Total RAE	% of VEP	# of RAE Who Voted	# of RAE who are registered but did not vote in 2010	Total # of RAE Registered	# of RAE who are not registered	% of RAE that are Registered	% of RAE NOT Registered	# of RAE Who Moved Between Nov 2006 and Nov 2010	% of RAE Who Moved
National Total	210,799,933	111,312,648	52.8%	40,194,018	24,471,263	64,665,281	46,647,369	58.1%	41.9%	46,884,966	42.1%
AK	477,842	244,694	51.2%	88,905	50,521	139,426	105,269	57.0%	43.0%	123,037	50.3%
AL	3,420,439	1,738,799	50.8%	664,710	410,827	1,075,537	663,260	61.9%	38.1%	585,589	33.7%
AR	2,068,493	979,916	47.4%	276,898	219,034	495,932	483,986	50.6%	49.4%	464,310	47.4%
AZ	4,443,477	2,399,803	54.0%	951,481	492,772	1,444,253	955,549	60.2%	39.8%	1,199,381	50.0%
CA	22,766,764	15,266,096	67.1%	5,987,434	2,364,446	8,351,880	6,914,216	54.7%	45.3%	5,934,936	38.9%
CO	3,473,301	1,603,029	46.2%	642,659	285,262	927,921	675,109	57.9%	42.1%	770,056	48.0%
CT	2,462,962	1,135,588	46.1%	424,158	249,194	673,352	462,239	59.3%	40.7%	397,359	35.0%
DC	440,927	356,200	80.8%	152,902	73,771	226,673	129,526	63.6%	36.4%	144,591	40.6%
DE	634,240	317,163	50.0%	133,190	49,364	182,554	134,607	57.6%	42.4%	111,473	35.1%
FL	12,696,677	7,009,013	55.2%	2,688,195	1,458,844	4,147,039	2,861,975	59.2%	40.8%	3,001,458	42.8%
GA	6,574,396	3,760,294	57.2%	1,412,541	815,986	2,228,527	1,531,767	59.3%	40.7%	1,752,481	46.6%
HI	891,745	791,819	88.8%	328,966	71,910	400,876	390,942	50.6%	49.4%	253,916	32.1%
IA	2,184,705	858,684	39.3%	314,892	213,915	528,807	329,877	61.6%	38.4%	457,535	53.3%
ID	1,047,841	400,959	38.3%	124,944	71,631	196,575	204,383	49.0%	51.0%	240,553	60.0%
IL	8,780,349	4,679,850	53.3%	1,828,816	1,002,728	2,831,544	1,848,307	60.5%	39.5%	1,719,624	36.7%
IN	4,637,965	1,926,703	41.5%	500,623	474,060	974,683	952,021	50.6%	49.4%	899,845	46.7%
KS	1,970,993	862,892	43.8%	268,061	203,921	471,982	390,910	54.7%	45.3%	487,032	56.4%
KY	3,157,899	1,367,415	43.3%	472,294	335,368	807,662	559,752	59.1%	40.9%	744,057	54.4%
LA	3,236,477	1,820,344	56.2%	742,743	532,266	1,275,009	545,334	70.0%	30.0%	763,214	41.9%
MA	4,694,881	2,143,455	45.7%	799,344	425,330	1,224,674	918,782	57.1%	42.9%	842,688	39.3%
MD	3,853,117	2,285,200	59.3%	922,168	477,667	1,399,835	885,366	61.3%	38.7%	850,390	37.2%
ME	1,017,096	352,631	34.7%	157,363	76,118	233,481	119,149	66.2%	33.8%	155,732	44.2%
MI	7,176,294	3,360,612	46.8%	1,225,521	970,555	2,196,076	1,164,535	65.3%	34.7%	1,260,760	37.5%
MN	3,830,312	1,627,172	42.5%	677,846	326,354	1,004,200	622,973	61.7%	38.3%	757,151	46.5%
MO	4,386,625	1,979,196	45.1%	673,700	557,060	1,230,760	748,437	62.2%	37.8%	965,999	48.8%
MS	2,086,703	1,208,224	57.9%	498,893	345,034	843,927	364,300	69.8%	30.2%	435,384	36.0%
MT	744,046	328,362	44.1%	118,243	59,953	178,196	150,168	54.3%	45.7%	176,251	53.7%
NC	6,631,905	3,634,514	54.8%	1,378,291	827,005	2,205,296	1,429,218	60.7%	39.3%	1,699,670	46.8%
ND	477,368	206,671	43.3%	90,277	52,182	142,459	64,211	68.9%	31.1%	106,593	51.6%
NE	1,239,857	492,410	39.7%	120,039	145,878	265,917	226,491	54.0%	46.0%	220,995	44.9%
NH	1,001,893	379,087	37.8%	121,995	80,123	202,118	176,970	53.3%	46.7%	158,972	41.9%
NJ	5,718,568	3,075,472	53.8%	1,038,034	754,226	1,792,260	1,283,213	58.3%	41.7%	1,059,728	34.5%
NM	1,361,740	995,842	73.1%	356,757	140,122	496,879	498,961	49.9%	50.1%	347,479	34.9%
NV	1,725,019	990,072	57.4%	343,571	167,925	511,496	478,577	51.7%	48.3%	559,414	56.5%
NY	13,163,125	7,606,800	57.8%	2,645,582	1,657,106	4,302,688	3,304,111	56.6%	43.4%	2,507,477	33.0%
OH	8,467,997	3,704,482	43.7%	1,266,789	946,920	2,213,709	1,490,771	59.8%	40.2%	1,606,135	43.4%
OK	2,628,214	1,316,929	50.1%	396,121	318,304	714,425	602,504	54.2%	45.8%	645,330	49.0%
OR	2,829,979	1,202,480	42.5%	547,034	246,906	793,940	408,539	66.0%	34.0%	590,123	49.1%
PA	9,339,148	4,107,836	44.0%	1,376,324	947,166	2,323,490	1,784,349	56.6%	43.4%	1,619,647	39.4%
RI	745,352	348,797	46.8%	111,265	90,444	201,709	147,087	57.8%	42.2%	156,739	44.9%
SC	3,338,866	1,790,055	53.6%	824,079	324,776	1,148,855	641,199	64.2%	35.8%	804,706	45.0%
SD	587,238	230,398	39.2%	97,563	40,353	137,916	92,481	59.9%	40.1%	125,847	54.6%
TN	4,547,017	2,068,760	45.5%	589,117	607,132	1,196,249	872,509	57.8%	42.2%	995,282	48.1%
TX	15,402,604	10,015,392	65.0%	2,821,447	2,762,443	5,583,890	4,431,504	55.8%	44.2%	4,547,892	45.4%
UT	1,800,396	746,422	41.5%	162,167	160,975	323,142	423,279	43.3%	56.7%	375,628	50.3%
VA	5,544,494	2,935,717	52.9%	921,036	695,748	1,616,784	1,318,934	55.1%	44.9%	1,016,664	34.6%
VT	480,849	168,835	35.1%	68,334	36,481	104,815	64,021	62.1%	37.9%	70,321	41.7%
WA	4,636,622	2,098,825	45.3%	912,442	387,235	1,299,677	799,147	61.9%	38.1%	1,094,642	52.2%
WI	4,155,794	1,713,701	41.2%	708,030	308,018	1,016,048	697,653	59.3%	40.7%	795,666	46.4%
WV	1,417,714	517,275	36.5%	166,839	137,754	304,593	212,682	58.9%	41.1%	199,893	38.6%
WY	401,610	161,768	40.3%	53,399	22,148	75,547	86,221	46.7%	53.3%	85,325	52.7%

Source: 2010 Census, November CPS