Description for Chart F
Voters as a percentage of voting-age population in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom
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This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "Percentage".
The vertical axis starts at 40 and ends at 100 with ticks every 10 points.
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1976 to 2011.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is "Canada (Federal)".
The title of series 2 is "United States (Presidential)".
The title of series 3 is "United Kingdom (General)".
| Canada (Federal) | United States (Presidential) | United Kingdom (General) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | |||
| 1979 | 68.1 | .. | 75.7 |
| 1980 | 63.6 | 53.4 | 74.9 |
| 1981 | 64.6 | 53.5 | 74.2 |
| 1982 | 65.5 | 53.6 | 73.4 |
| 1983 | 66.5 | 53.7 | 72.6 |
| 1984 | 67.4 | 53.8 | 73.2 |
| 1985 | 67.2 | 53.1 | 73.8 |
| 1986 | 67.1 | 52.3 | 74.4 |
| 1987 | 66.9 | 51.6 | 75.0 |
| 1988 | 66.7 | 50.8 | 75.2 |
| 1989 | 66.3 | 52.0 | 75.3 |
| 1990 | 65.9 | 53.1 | 75.5 |
| 1991 | 65.4 | 54.3 | 75.6 |
| 1992 | 65.0 | 55.4 | 75.8 |
| 1993 | 64.6 | 53.7 | 74.6 |
| 1994 | 63.1 | 52.1 | 73.4 |
| 1995 | 61.5 | 50.4 | 72.3 |
| 1996 | 60.0 | 48.7 | 71.1 |
| 1997 | 58.4 | 49.2 | 69.9 |
| 1998 | 57.4 | 49.7 | 66.9 |
| 1999 | 56.5 | 50.2 | 63.9 |
| 2000 | 55.5 | 50.7 | 60.8 |
| 2001 | 55.5 | 52.0 | 57.8 |
| 2002 | 55.4 | 53.3 | 57.9 |
| 2003 | 55.4 | 54.6 | 57.9 |
| 2004 | 55.3 | 55.9 | 58.0 |
| 2005 | 57.0 | 56.3 | 58.0 |
| 2006 | 58.7 | 56.7 | 58.6 |
| 2007 | 56.0 | 57.1 | 59.2 |
| 2008 | 53.2 | 57.5 | 59.7 |
| 2009 | 53.4 | .. | 60.3 |
| 2010 | 53.5 | .. | 60.9 |
| 2011 | 53.7 | .. | .. |
| .. not available for a specific reference period Sources: To ensure consistency, voting-age population figures for each country were taken from the Human Mortality Database (HMD). The HMD (www.mortality.org) ensures that a similar methodology is used to estimate population estimates by age by using the most recent census count in each country. Voting numbers were retrieved from Elections Canada, the office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.K. Election Commission, and the Library of the British House of Commons. Numbers from the 1979 U.K. General Election were retrieved from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) archives. |
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