/ Modified nov 14, 2014 2:10 p.m.

Arizona Voter Turnout Trending Downward

47.5% of those registered in state cast ballots in this month's election; down significantly from previous years.

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Arizona voter turnout last week totaled 47.5 percent of registered voters, continuing a downward trend in elections that fall on non-presidential years.

The Secretary of State's Office reported the final turnout figure was 1.5 million of the state's 3.2 million registered voters.

In 2010, the last election in a non-presidential year, 55.7 percent of Arizonans voted. In 2006, turnout was 60.5 percent.

The United States Election Project reported that 34.4 percent of Arizona's "voting-eligible population" turned out this year. Nationally, the voting-eligible population turnout averaged 36.4 percent.

The voting-eligible population is everyone, registered or not, who is a U.S. citizen and who has not lost the right to vote.

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