More than One Fourth of Young People Voted in the 2016 Michigan Primaries

	2016
Youth Turnout	27%
Number of Youth Who Participated	412,400
Youth Share of Voters	16%

	2012
Youth Turnout	7%
Number of Youth Who Participated	99,900
Youth Share of Voters	10%

	2008
Youth Turnout	14%
Number of Youth Who Participated	213,600
Youth Share of Voters	15%

	2004
Youth Turnout	2%
Number of Youth Who Participated	26,200
Youth Share of Voters	9%

	2000
Youth Turnout	10%
Number of Youth Who Participated	136,100
Youth Share of Voters	11%

	1996
Youth Turnout	3%
Number of Youth Who Participated	50,800
Youth Share of Voters	11%

	Youth Turnout	Number of Youth Who Participated	Youth Share of Voters
2016	27%	412,400	16%
2012	7%	99,900	10%
2008	14%	213,600	15%
2004	2%	26,200	9%
2000	10%	136,100	11%
1996	3%	50,800	11%

2000, 2008, 2016: Combined participation in the Democratic and Republican primaries.

1996, 2012: Includes only the Republican primary. In these years, there was no Democratic primary, because there was an incumbent president from the Democratic Party that took the nomination.

2004: Includes only the Democratic primary. There was no Republican primary because President George W. Bush was an incumbent and the GOP nominee.