Voting comparisons
| Turnout amoung eligible U.S. voters | How the U.S. ranks in eligible voter turnout | ||||
| 1. | Maine | 72.0% | Belgium | 94.6% | |
| 2. | Minnesota | 71.6% | Australia | 94.5% | |
| 3. | Montana | 70.1% | Austria | 91.6% | |
| 4. | Wisconsin | 65.5% | Sweden | 90.7% | |
| 5. | Vermont | 67.5% | Italy | 90.4% | |
| 6. | North Dakota | 67.3% | Iceland | 89.3% | |
| 7. | South Dakota | 67.0% | New Zealand | 89.0% | |
| 8. | Oregon | 65.7% | Luxembourg | 88.9% | |
| 9. | Alaska | 65.4% | Germany | 88.6% | |
| 10. | Iowa | 65.3% | Netherlands | 87.0% | |
| France | 85.9% | ||||
| 40. | New Mexico | 51.6% | Portugal | 84.2% | |
| 41. | New York | 50.9% | Denmark | 83.2% | |
| 42. | West Va. | 50.6% | Norway | 82.0% | |
| 43. | Florida | 50.2% | Greece | 78.6% | |
| 44. | North Carolina | 50.1% | Israel | 78.5% | |
| 45. | Nevada | 50.0% | U.K. | 76.3% | |
| 46. | California | 49.1% | Japan | 74.5% | |
| 47. | Texas | 49.1% | Canada | 69.3% | |
| 48. | Georgia | 46.9% | Spain | 68.1% | |
| 49. | South Carolina | 45.0% | Finland | 64.3% | |
| 50. | Hawaii | 41.9% | Ireland | 62.3% | |
| Votes cast in the 1994 presidential election | United States | 52.6% | |||
