EXHIBIT A

Decline in Voter Turn-Out  1992-1996
USA TODAY, 11/7/96, 17A
(%)

	1996	1994	Drop		1996	1994	Drop		1996	1994	Drop
USA	48.8	55.2	-6.4	Kent	47	54	-7	Ohio	53	61	-8
Alab	48	55	-7	Louis	57	60	-3	Okl	50	60	-10
Alask	47	65	-18	Maine	64	52	-8	Oreg	48	66	-18
Ariz	42	54	-12	Md	45	53	-8	Penn	49	54	-5
Ark	47	54	-7	Mass	55	60	-5	RI	48	58	-10
Calif	39	49	-10	Mich	53	62	-9	SC	41	45	-4
Colo	53	63	-10	Minn	63	72	-9	SD	61	67	-6
Conn	55	64	-9	Missip	45	53	-8	Tenn	47	52	-5
Dela	49	55	-6	Missou  54	62	-8	Tex	41	49	-8
DC	41	50	-9	Mont	61	70	-9	Utah	50	65	-15
Flor	48	50	-2	Nebr	55	63	-8	Verm	59	68	-9
Georg	42	47	-5	Nev	39	50	-11	Virg	47	53	-6
Hawaii	41	42	-1	NH	58	63	-5	Wash	43	60	-17
Idaho	58	65	-7	NJ	50	56	-6	WVA	45	51	-6
Ill	49	59	-10	NM	42	52	-10	Wisc	57	69	-12
Ind	48	55	-7	NY	44	51	-7	Wym	60	62	-2
Iowa	57	65	-8	NC	45	50	-5	
Kans	56	63	-7	ND	56	67	-11


EXHIBIT B

Under 40% voter turn-out in 1996			40-49% turn-out

California (-2--10)				Washington (-3--17)  South Carolina
Nevada						Alaska		      North Carolina (-2--5)
						Hawaii		      Virginia
50-59% turn-out					Arizona		      West Virginia
						New Mexico	      Pennsylvania
Idaho		   North Dakota			Texas	(+2--8)	     Maryland
Utah (+1--15))	   Iowa (-1-- 8)			Arkansas	     Delaware
Colorado	   Missouri  (+1--8)		Mississippi (+2--8)    New York (-1--7)
Nebraska	   Louisiana (+1--3)		Alabama	     DC
Kansas		   Wisconsin (-2--12)		Georgia		     Florida
Oklahoma (+1--10)   Michigan (-1--9)		Tennessee	     Kentucky (+1--7)
Ohio (-2--8)	   New Jersey (-1--6)			Oregon (-4--18)
Connecticut (-1--9) Massachusetts (-2--5)			60% and above turn-out
Vermont	  New Hampshire			
						Montana (+1--9)	          Wyoming
						South Dakota (+1--6)     Minnesota
(# of GOP House changes -- % drop in turn-out)		Maine (-1--8)







EXHIBIT C

State	# of GOP seat change	% Drop in Voter Turn-Out
Oregon		   0			- 18
Washington	- 3			- 17
Utah		+ 1			- 15
Wisconsin	- 1			- 12
North Dakota	+ 1			- 11
California	- 2			- 10
Oklahoma	+ 1			- 10
Michigan	- 1			- 9
Connecticut	- 1			- 9
Montana	+ 1			- 9
Iowa		- 1			- 8
New York 	- 1			- 8
Maine		- 1			- 8
New Jersey	- 1			- 8
Ohio		- 2			- 8
Missouri		+ 1			- 8
Mississippi	+ 2			- 8
Texas		+ 2			- 8
Kentucky	+ 1			- 7
Alabama	+ 2			- 7
North Carolina	- 2			- 5
Massachusetts	- 2			- 5
Louisiana	  0			- 3




     The national average decline in voter participation was 6.4 %. In all the states in which
the GOP lost seats, the turn-out decline was greater than the national average.  There is a
strong relationship between Republicans losing seats, being in the West, and higher drop-
off in voting. All the states with a Republican increase in seats were in the West or South.
While the correlation breaks down as the state approaches national mean voter decline,
half of the GOP losses were in the West and in states that had the highest levels of decline
in vote participation. It seems likely that, had voters turned out to vote, the loss of seats
by the Republicans would have been much less.



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