Statistics and Data

• 2016 SABE Voters with Disabilities Election Report (PDF)
• ACCESS DENIED: Barriers to Online Voter Registration for Citizens with Disabilities (ACLU)
• Disability, Voter Turnout, and Voting Difficulties in the 2012 Elections (PDF)
• One in Six Eligible Voters has a Disability (fivethirtyeight.com)
• A Political Profile of Disabled Americans (Pew Research)

Research On Disability Representation in Elected Office

• Fact Sheet: Elected Officials with Disabilities (Research Report)

Fact Sheet on Turnout by Voters with Disabilities

• Fact Sheet: Disability and Voter Turnout in the 2018 Elections (Research Report)
• Fact Sheet: Disability and Voter Turnout in the 2016 Elections (Research Report)
• Projecting the Number of Eligible Voters with Disabilities in the November 2016 Elections (Research Report)
• Election of 2008: 14.7 Million (source: Fact sheet: Disability and Voter Turnout in the 2008 Elections)
• Election of 2010: 11.0 million (source:  Fact sheet: Disability and Voter Turnout in the 2010 Elections – Word document)
• Election of 2012: 15.6 million (source: Disability, Voter Turnout, and Voting Difficulties in the 2012 Elections – PDF)

Voter Turnout by State 2012

• Open this data in table format (PDF)

Alabama

• Disability: 62.7%
• No disability: 57.8%
• Disability Gap: -4.9%

Alaska

• Disability: 58.3%
• No disability: 59.1%
• Disability Gap: 0.9%

Arizona

• Disability: 56.9%
• No disability: 48.1%
• Disability Gap: -8.9%

Arkansas *

• Disability: 54.7%
• No disability: 46.2%
• Disability Gap: -8.4%

California **

• Disability: 58.4%
• No disability: 50.4%
• Disability Gap: -8.0%

Colorado

• Disability: 71.1%
• No disability: 65.6%
• Disability Gap: -5.5%

Connecticut **

• Disability: 63.8%
• No disability: 52.7%
• Disability Gap: -11.1%

Delaware

• Disability: 66.8%
• No disability: 71.1%
• Disability Gap: 4.3%

Florida

• Disability: 60.7%
• No disability: 62.0%
• Disability Gap: 1.3%

Georgia *

• Disability: 62.9%
• No disability: 54.9%
• Disability Gap: -8.0%

Hawaii

• Disability: 51.7%
• No disability: 51.4%
• Disability Gap: -0.2%

Idaho

• Disability: 64.9%
• No disability: 56.6%
• Disability Gap: -8.3%

Illinois

• Disability: 61.6%
• No disability: 60.4%
• Disability Gap: -1.2%

Indiana

• Disability: 59.9%
• No disability: 54.8%
• Disability Gap: -5.2%

Iowa

• Disability: 70.2%
• No disability: 63.9%
• Disability Gap: -6.3%

Kansas

• Disability: 63.3%
• No disability: 63.0%
• Disability Gap: -0.3%

Kentucky **

• Disability: 61.4%
• No disability: 48.5%
• Disability Gap: -12.9%

Louisiana *

• Disability: 67.6%
• No disability: 58.7%
• Disability Gap: -8.9%

Maine **

• Disability: 71.0%
• No disability: 55.9%
• Disability Gap: -15.1%

Maryland *

• Disability: 66.0%
• No disability: 58.3%
• Disability Gap: -7.7%

Massachusetts **

• Disability: 72.3%
• No disability: 59.7%
• Disability Gap: -12.6%

Michigan **

• Disability: 68.0%
• No disability: 60.7%
• Disability Gap: -7.3%

Minnesota **

• Disability: 74.2%
• No disability: 65.7%
• Disability Gap: -8.4%

Mississippi *

• Disability: 75.9%
• No disability: 67.9%
• Disability Gap: -8.0%

Missouri **

• Disability: 65.8%
• No disability: 53.5%
• Disability Gap: -12.2%

Montana

• Disability: 65.8%
• No disability: 64.9%
• Disability Gap: -0.9%

Nebraska

• Disability: 61.5%
• No disability: 62.2%
• Disability Gap: 0.7%

Nevada

• Disability: 57.9%
• No disability: 58.5%
• Disability Gap: 0.7%

New Hampshire **

• Disability: 70.8%
• No disability: 59.0%
• Disability Gap: -11.9%

New Jersey

• Disability: 62.5%
• No disability: 56.8%
• Disability Gap: -5.7%

New Mexico

• Disability: 62.1%
• No disability: 57.7%
• Disability Gap: -4.5%

New York **

• Disability: 59.7%
• No disability: 50.2%
• Disability Gap: -9.5%

North Carolina *

• Disability: 69.8%
• No disability: 62.5%
• Disability Gap: -7.3%

North Dakota

• Disability: 64.7%
• No disability: 57.2%
• Disability Gap: -7.6%

Ohio *

• Disability: 63.9%
• No disability: 58.3%
• Disability Gap: -5.6%

Oklahoma

• Disability: 53.0%
• No disability: 49.4%
• Disability Gap: -3.6%

Oregon

• Disability: 67.8%
• No disability: 66.6%
• Disability Gap: -1.1%

Pennsylvania **

• Disability: 62.6%
• No disability: 54.9%
• Disability Gap: -7.7%

Rhode Island

• Disability: 62.7%
• No disability: 61.0%
• Disability Gap: -1.7%

South Carolina

• Disability: 65.5%
• No disability: 59.8%
• Disability Gap: -5.7%

South Dakota

• Disability: 60.4%
• No disability: 64.7%
• Disability Gap: 4.2%

Tennessee **

• Disability: 57.4%
• No disability: 47.9%
• Disability Gap: -9.5%

Texas

• Disability: 53.5%
• No disability: 55.8%
• Disability Gap: 2.3%

Utah

• Disability: 56.7%
• No disability: 59.8%
• Disability Gap: 3.1%

Vermont

• Disability: 63.4%
• No disability: 62.1%
• Disability Gap: -1.3%

Virginia **

• Disability: 68.2%
• No disability: 57.1%
• Disability Gap: -11.1%

Washington

• Disability: 66.0%
• No disability: 63.6%
• Disability Gap: -2.4%

Washington, DC **

• Disability: 77.6%
• No disability: 63.8%
• Disability Gap: -13.8%

West Virginia

• Disability: 48.8%
• No disability: 42.9%
• Disability Gap: -5.8%

Wisconsin **

• Disability: 74.7%
• No disability: 66.5%
• Disability Gap: -8.2%

Wyoming

• Disability: 58.7%
• No disability: 59.7%
• Disability Gap: 1.0%

* Difference from non-disability sample is significant at 95% level

** 99% level

The percentages in each state are based on US Census data.  No disability is the percentage of the total number of residents in each state that are of voting age and voted and people with disabilities are the percentage of the total number of residents with disabilities that are of voting age and voted