Census Bureau Releases 2022 Congressional Election Voting Report

The voter registration rate (69.1%) for the 2022 congressional election was the highest registration rate of a midterm election in 30 years. However, the voter turnout rate (52.2%) was lower than in the 2018 (53.4%) midterm elections, according to the new Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2022 report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report, based on data from the 2022 Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement, builds on detailed tables released earlier this year.

The report highlights patterns in voter turnout over time among the citizen voting-age population (CVAP) and explores how demographic groups were over- and under-represented among voters in the 2022 congressional elections compared to the CVAP as a whole.

Highlights:

• Non-Hispanic White population those with a bachelor’s degree or higher education, and those 65 years or older were each overrepresented among voters in 2022. (Non-Hispanic White and 65 years or older voter overrepresentations were not statistically different.)
• The 65 years or older group was overrepresented among voters by 6.7 percentage points, comprising 30.4% of all voters and 23.8% of the CVAP, while voters ages 18 to 29 were underrepresented by 7.9 percentage points, comprising 11.7% of all voters and 19.6% of the CVAP.

The report further examines these differences at the state level. Continue reading for more highlights.

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