by the numbers

Voting

8: Number of states that gained electoral votes since the 2000 presidential election (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas)

10: Number of states that lost electoral votes (Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin)

217.8 million: Number of voting-age people in the U.S.

71: Percentage of citizens registered to vote in 1996

70: Percentage of citizens registered to vote in 2000

58: Percentage of eligible voters that cast ballots in the 1996 presidential election

60: Percentage of eligible voters that cast ballots in the 2000 presidential election

Source: U.S. Census Bureau’s Public Information Office