Lowest turnout
Cycles with the lowest share of eligible voters casting ballots.
- 11792George Washington6.3%
- 21820James Monroe10.1%
- 31789George Washington11.6%
- 41796John Adams20.1%
- 51816James Monroe23.5%
- 61804Thomas Jefferson23.8%
- 71824John Quincy Adams26.9%
- 81800Thomas Jefferson32.3%
- 91808James Madison36.8%
- 101812James Madison40.4%
- 111924Calvin Coolidge48.9%
- 121920Warren G. Harding49.2%
- 131996Bill Clinton51.7%
- 141948Harry S. Truman52.2%
- 151988George H. W. Bush52.8%
- 161980Ronald Reagan54.2%
- 172000George W. Bush54.2%
- 181976Jimmy Carter54.8%
- 191984Ronald Reagan55.2%
- 201944Franklin D. Roosevelt55.9%
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