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Typically the turnout in a primary is particularly low. The record turnout for the State of Alabama in a presidential election is only 42.6% of registered voters (which is only a subset of the
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For presidential elections, voter turnout has been about 50-55% in the [[United States]] in the past few decades.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html</ref>  For non-presidential federal elections, voter turnout has been between 35% and 40%.  For local school board elections, voter turnout can be less than 20%.
 
For presidential elections, voter turnout has been about 50-55% in the [[United States]] in the past few decades.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html</ref>  For non-presidential federal elections, voter turnout has been between 35% and 40%.  For local school board elections, voter turnout can be less than 20%.
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Typically the turnout in a [[primary]] is particularly low.  The record turnout for the State of Alabama in a presidential election is only 42.6% of registered voters (which is only a subset of the total number of eligible voters).  That record was set in 2008.  The prior record for Alabama was only 29% (set in 1992).
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==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
 
* Alexander Keyssar, ''The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Right-Vote-Contested-History-Democracy/dp/0465029698/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238563171&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
 
* Alexander Keyssar, ''The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Right-Vote-Contested-History-Democracy/dp/0465029698/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238563171&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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