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This report presents projections of the November 1976 population of voting age for States by race and broad age groups as a reference for the upcoming Presidential election. Included are estimates of the population of voting age and percent casting votes in Presidential and Congressional election years in each State since 1960 and in the United States since 1930. The infomration on number of votes cast for both Presidential and Congressional election yeas is published biennially by the U.S. Congress, Clerk of the House in either Statistics of the Presidential and congressional Elections or Statistics of the Congressional Elections. Statistics on persons registered to vote are shown for 1972 in table 1 for those States where the information is available. Also, an attempt is made to identify those components of the national voting-age population who are ineligible to vote and to illustrate their impact on voter participation rates in November 1972, the last Presidential election. Appendix tables show current residence requirements and selected voter information.
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