INDEPTH: US ELECTION 2004
U.S. election: By the numbers
CBC News Online | Updated Nov. 2, 2004
Registration:
217.8 million
The number of voting age U.S. residents, some of whom are ineligible to vote because they are non-citizens, are in prison, or for other reasons.
500,000
The number of new voter registrations in Pennsylvania.
800,000
The number of new voter registrations in Ohio.
1.5 million
The number of new voter registrations in Florida.
4.7 million
The number of Americans who have lost the right to vote because of a felony conviction.
Campaign advertising:
$600 million
The amount spent on election advertising campaigns since March 2004, triple the amount spent in the 2000 election.
$60 million
The amount spent on advertising in the final week of the campaign, more than one-quarter of the amount spent on advertising during the entire 2000 campaign.
Disputes:
6,352
The number of felons improperly registered onto the voter list in Colorado. Felons can vote in Colorado only if they are out of prison and not on parole.
3,700
The number of people, most of them college age, who have registered to vote in more than one Colorado county, according to the Denver Post.
34
The number of Mississippi's 82 counties where the number of registered voters is higher than the voting-age population.
1,090
The number of election observers and monitors the U.S. Justice Department will send to 25 states to watch for violations of the Voting Rights Act, and other election problems. That's up from 317 in 2000.
10,000
The number of lawyers the Democratic party has at the ready for Nov. 2.
8,500
The number of lawyers the Republicans estimate they will have.
35,000
The number of Ohio voter registrations the state's Republicans contested in court. A judge threw out the challenge.
17,000
The number of Nevada voter registrations the state's Republicans contested. Election officials rejected the challenge.
42,780
The number of addresses the Republican party in Wisconsin has flagged as inaccurate. It has demanded that people living at these addresses produce identification before voting.
207,053
The number of first-time voters in Oregon. State Republicans want their ballots set aside for review if the voters do not produce identification at voting time.
10,000
The number of lawyers the Democratic party has at the ready for Nov. 2.
8,500
The number of lawyers the Republicans estimate they will have.
Electoral college:
538
The number of votes in the electoral college.
270
The number of votes needed for a victory.
68
The number of electoral college votes available in three key swing states: Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
8
The number of states that gained electoral college votes since 2000. Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Texas each gained two votes, while California, Colorado, Nevada and North Carolina gained one each.
10
The number of states that lost electoral votes since 2000. New York and Pennsylvania each lost two votes. Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Wisconsin lost one vote apiece.
Other votes:
16
The number of ballot questions on the California ballot, more than any other state, on issues from stem cell research to slot machines at race tracks.
34
The number of Senate races taking place during the 2004 election.
435
The number of House seat up for grabs: all of them. Only about 40 of the races are considered to be competitive.
Dimpled chads again?
30 per cent
The percentage of voters across the U.S. who will use punch cards or lever machines to cast their votes, despite the problems experienced in 2000.
73 per cent
The percentage of Ohio voters who will use punch cards.
Turnout in 2000:
60 per cent
Percentage of eligible voters who cast their ballots in the November 2000 presidential election, slightly higher than the 58 per cent who voted in 1996
111 million
The number of people who voted in the 2000 presidential election, short of the record high of 114 million set in 1992
15 million
The amount by which CBS predicts the election turnout of 2004 could exceed that of 2000
About 70 per cent
The 2000 presidential election voting rates in the District of Columbia, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Maine and Minnesota, highest in the nation.
61 per cent
Percentage of eligible women voters who voted in the 2000 presidential election. That is higher than the 58 per cent of men who voted.
72 per cent
The percentage of citizens ages 65 to 74 who voted in the 2000 presidential election. This age group traditionally has the highest turnout.
70 per cent
Percentage of citizens who were registered to vote in 2000, compared with the 71 per cent registered in 1996
86 per cent
Among citizens registered to vote in the 2000 presidential election, the percentage who reported they cast ballots. That was up from 82 per cent in 1996.
21 per cent
Among people who said they were registered to vote in 2000 but did not actually vote, the percentage who gave as a reason that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules. This was the most common reason given for not voting.
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Voting age population (VAP) in 2000:
205,815,000
Eligible voters (VEP) in 2000:
193,199,543
Voter turnout (% of VEP) in 2000:
54.5%
Numbers of seats up for election (2004):
House: 435 (all of them)
Senate: 34 (of 100)
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