Table 3.2
Voting in last federal, provincial and municipal elections, by age group and sex, Atlantic provinces, 2008

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Age group and voted in elections Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 18 and over 1,855 100.0 899 100.0 956 100.0
Voted in last federal election 1,398 75.4 667 74.2 731 76.5
Voted in last provincial election 1,410 76.0 675 75.1 735 76.9
Voted in last municipal election 1,083 58.4 496 55.2 587 61.4
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 1,312 70.7 627 69.7 685 71.7
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 1,495 80.6 714 79.4 781 81.7
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 344 18.5 176 19.6 168 17.6
18 to 24  207 100.0 104 100.0 103 100.0
Voted in last federal election 97 46.9 47 45.2 50 48.5
Voted in last provincial election 92 44.4 44 42.3 48 46.6
Voted in last municipal election 60 29.0 x x x x
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 77 37.2 36 34.6 41 39.8
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 112 54.1 55 52.9 57 55.3
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 92 44.4 49 47.1 43 41.7
25 to 54 1,003 100.0 493 100.0 511 100.0
Voted in last federal election 726 72.4 355 72.0 371 72.6
Voted in last provincial election 738 73.6 367 74.4 372 72.8
Voted in last municipal election 546 54.4 249 50.5 297 58.1
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 676 67.4 335 68.0 341 66.7
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 788 78.6 386 78.3 402 78.7
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 206 20.5 99 20.1 107 20.9
55 and over 645 100.0 302 100.0 342 100.0
Voted in last federal election 575 89.1 265 87.7 310 90.6
Voted in last provincial election 579 89.8 264 87.4 315 92.1
Voted in last municipal election 476 73.8 x x x x
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 560 86.8 257 85.1 303 88.6
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 594 92.1 273 90.4 322 94.2
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 46 7.1 28 9.3 18 5.3
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category will differ from the total due to rounding and multiple responses.
Values for "Don't know" and "Not stated" are included in the total but are not shown separately.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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